True Facts: Bees That Play With Balls And Do Math!
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ive been a bee for about 5 years now, im actually pretty damn smart. some guy fed me sugar water when i was low on honey reserves, but then sometimes the asshat would forget, so i flew to bros house to be like aye give me sugar water. i stung his ass but honestly i felt kinda bad so i breakdanced on it to get the stinger out. im a beast
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Dr Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Martin Giurfa, Sorbonne University
Dr Charles Abramson, Oklahoma State University
Dr Tom Seeley, Cornell University
Un bee lievable
Dr Julien Serres, Aix Marseille University: https://www.youtube.com/@julienserres
Dr Joanna Brebner, CRCA, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, CNRS, France
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Dr Hiruni Samadi Galpayage Dona, Università di Trento
Dr Charles Walcott, Cornell University
Dr Constance Blary, University of Montpellier
Patrick Sainton
This is an incredible video
Ben Hoksch: https://www.youtube.com/@ephemeral4355
Institute of Mouvement Sciences - Etienne-Jules Marey (CNRS/Aix Marseille Université, UMR7287), France: https://ism.univ-amu.fr/en
Absolutely mind blown how many different things bees can do!
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First I've misread the title and found myself a bit disappointed after realising that Bees don't do meth. But then I got really disappointed, these little buzztards are nerds!
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Bees are so cute ❤🥰🫶🏻✨️🐝
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Galpayage Dona, Hiruni Samadi. Cwyn Solvi, Amelia Kowalewska, Kaarle Mäkelä, HaDi MaBouDi, Lars Chittka,
Zefrank’s father is a Nobel laureate. No wonder he’s smart and funny too!
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4:52 .....I would like to see a bee company teach bees to accept parasitic wasps into the hive (hopefully a wasp indifferent to bees and be larvae) but a wasp that targets the mites that harm bees.
Since bees learn what benefits them it all depends on whether the massive human brain (in comparison) is intelligent enough to be a teacher. Thus benefiting the wasp reproduction; the bee reproduction, plant reproduction, and human reproduction (birds and bees😮😂) or at least improving human food quality and quantity so they have enough energy to reproduce😂😂😊
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Even the bees use metric, Americans are the last ones to adopt it.
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No way I've been using a bee brain as a controller 😭😭
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WHAT. WHAT?! WHAT?!?!?!?!?
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If they played foorball, they would be the 'B' team!
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@MarinaAndTheDevilThis is actually one of the BEST videos I've ever seen. Mostly bc bees are so important and many people watching it will educate themselves and others on how to try NOT to kill them and understand they are an essential part of our every day life. I DIDN'T know that they liked to play!! OMG! That's the sweetest thing ever! TY, for doing this one. I feel like it was such an important one everybody should watch! How lovely 🙂🖤💛
@Roxie-8814A to B to bee to bee 😂
@BlakeMartin-f8qYou know what astounds me? Worker bees only live for a month yet can do all this and teach other bees. That’s just crazy smart.
@natnerdzto put things in perspective, a bee vs human neuron count is like the difference between the money to buy a nice suburban house in california vs the money to rape children and buy the united states government
@evervirescentX box controller 😂😂😂😂
@Max2coolmayurBee brains are tiny XBox controllers? 😂
@LHWK_RHCIt's not the size, it's how you use it. Most humans waste their neurons.
@sharonmoore167Less is more 😂❤
@ninjachamp576What do Aees do?
@mason-b9f5y3:52 😭
@00z1zGod was feeling whimsical when He made bees :)
@goodhunter9791I beeleave in the shoe bee
@patrikmansuri@espnocho - where are you?!?!
@VictorGrammHow do you not know that the bee dancing is meant to spread the very obvious pollen so other bees know what cent to look for... Idiots
@RenoSimpsoni would love to have an educational version of this to show my students 😂
@fruitsheadWow they're smart 😮😮
@exovi-83hfyhBees are cool.
@peacexloveBees are known for their spelling 🤣🤣🤣
@ThunderMuffinMan😂 "A to B to bee to bee" 🤣 top.
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its never a black girl white dude or 2 whites or 2 blacks.
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@Zyzyx442This is 2 good
@myershellyNow make them pay taxes 😂
@hecktorraymond100I think... i might have been a bit harsh on insects...
@nejsonsvejson9861Holy shit it is an Xbox controller
@rick.mz29This video was NOT the Ze Frank videos I come here for.
@BeautifulFylthWow, that was entertaining AND interesting... 👏 😀 👍 🤔
@melissajackson1814I'm allergic to bees but I absolutely love them.
@timothycox7331i lovvvvve bees so much
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