Can you solve the honeybee riddle? - Dan Finkel
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You’re a biologist on a mission to keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct. The last 60 bees of the species are in your terrarium. You’ve already constructed wire frames of the appropriate size and shape. Now you need to turn them into working beehives by filling every hex with wax. Can you help the bees create producing hives? Dan Finkel shows how.
Lesson by Dan Finkel, directed by Charlotte Arene.
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@The_Lazy_Doctor
3 жыл бұрын
@Scrumptious Oreo subbing
@marius4900
3 жыл бұрын
Belly?
@pvvineet1722
3 жыл бұрын
For once i actually solved a Ted Ed riddle... Also didn't see the pun coming in the end
@Catticus
3 жыл бұрын
I love these puzzles! My catto always sits with me when I do them and gives me a strange look when I scream in frustration
@DevilSpider_
3 жыл бұрын
Wait. It's all Raid: Shadow Legends? Always has been.
The kind of animation is sooo good hats off to the animators
@harshita.07
3 жыл бұрын
Frankly speaking ✨💥✨ *I solved this puzzle* 😂😂😂😂😂 In dreams. 🤣🤣🤣
@XanderGouws
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's really good. And so is the sound design. I honestly can't tell if the animations were stop motion or just really good CG and it's frankly blowing my mind. Edit: Ok I think it was stop motion just because the animation frame rate is 1/2 the video frame rate.
@ponkotuu
3 жыл бұрын
@@XanderGouws can still be cg designed with the frame rate to gige that stop motion feel
@T.H.E.O.R.Y.
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. This was some top notch animation.
@Eeveon7
3 жыл бұрын
Also the way they did the chain reactions was super satisfying to watch
The sponsor of this video should have been honey.
@khiladi7726
3 жыл бұрын
Noice
@jellyboiii6269
3 жыл бұрын
lol i just gave ur 69th like
@sophiayim8853
3 жыл бұрын
Bahahahaha
@alexikeda1
3 жыл бұрын
The sponsor of this video should have *bee*n honey
@andrewcheng1948
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
"Can you solve the riddle?" Heehee, _nooooo._
@ejrx8645
3 жыл бұрын
Idk why I pause the video like I really have a chance of figuring it out
@caniget600subscriberswitho5
3 жыл бұрын
Mj
@Thiago100Zwetsch
3 жыл бұрын
I did it once or twice, but I watch them all because they are really good!
@iwantwatermelon23
3 жыл бұрын
@@ejrx8645 I pause it, skim the rules, then immediately go "nuh" and unpause it 😂
@redactedname8228
3 жыл бұрын
I was kinda right, but for the completely wrong reasons
Me: pauses the video like I have a chance of actually solving Ted-EDs riddles
@pradnyakulkarnibywar6098
3 жыл бұрын
😂 😂 😂 True I even itensified my eyebrows as if thinking intensely Then i remembered that i am not Hawking 😅😅
@dajauneadixon531
3 жыл бұрын
@@pradnyakulkarnibywar6098 😂
@billowen3285
3 жыл бұрын
Try the ragnarok one, it's super easy
@random20000
3 жыл бұрын
@@billowen3285 kind of- I think the einstein riddle is easier XD
@billowen3285
3 жыл бұрын
Ragini Omg nah the einstein riddle takes time and effort no matter what, the ragnarok one is exceptionally easy if you've ever looked at graph theory or just basic logic, of course you have to start and end on an odd numbered node
I don’t know why but replacing honeybees with cylinders/tokens are cute-
@its_secret5375
3 жыл бұрын
Those are pills not cylinders and tokens
@mikgriffen
3 жыл бұрын
It's kinda like those backgammon games which come as a set with the chess board
@bibble4097
3 жыл бұрын
UNKNOWN GAMER but they literally are cylinders tho...
@Coco-Loco
3 жыл бұрын
@@its_secret5375 they are cylinders and probably token too. I see what you were trying to say though.
@kevinoconnor6577
3 жыл бұрын
Febri World easy to animate well without looking weird and off
Again ted ed has outdone itself but seriously these animators need more credit for these outstanding work # go ted ed
@raymondxiannie3562
3 жыл бұрын
#goteded
@shakthiganesh5117
3 жыл бұрын
@@raymondxiannie3562 I read it as gote ded.
@raymondxiannie3562
3 жыл бұрын
@@shakthiganesh5117lol
@raymondxiannie3562
3 жыл бұрын
@Alan Z I actually do
@madhavkulkarni8121
3 жыл бұрын
@Alan Z i do watch them
Me: "Duh... I'm not even going to try." Me having watched the solution: "Could've solved it if I tried..."
@ava_niche
3 жыл бұрын
Can't relate
@makahadamasa2732
2 жыл бұрын
dude that's so me
@eclecticsoffy
2 жыл бұрын
Just decided similarly
@maskrlzxw6823
2 жыл бұрын
I solved it , its pretty easy if you use a physical board
@_PapayaAce_
2 жыл бұрын
Same, but I watch the solutions to get a better understanding of what I could’ve done to help m solve different puzzles
I’m starting to BEElieve that the animators are highly trained. They might even BEEhave like professionals.
@whochangedyoutube
3 жыл бұрын
That is BEEcause they probably spend a lot of effort on honing these animations.
@elixx1649
3 жыл бұрын
I dont want to BEE alive :)
@bluethunder4377
3 жыл бұрын
To BEE honest, I think they are really good at doing their job.
@royhutauruk2432
3 жыл бұрын
We are BEEing funny
@shail6878
3 жыл бұрын
These puns are going to BEE the death of me
How to solve the honey bee riddle. Step 1: approach a random bee Step 2: *Y A L I K E J A Z Z ?*
@ruth-nc9wx
3 жыл бұрын
NightOwl Animate I LOVE THIS🐝
@Cxyptocite
3 жыл бұрын
Lolll the bees would totally work 😂
@lizspt2394
3 жыл бұрын
proceed mating
@nightowlanimate7813
3 жыл бұрын
Timmy NO!
@YAKO1598
3 жыл бұрын
Step 3 prove you have green eyes
Whenever there's a new Ted Ed riddle, I go through my house yelling "There's a new Ted Ed riddle" acting as if anyone cares, ask for silence, and sit back and relax to the video.
@its_secret5375
3 жыл бұрын
But do you watch it after all that
@eliotlong5184
3 жыл бұрын
@@its_secret5375 Yeah that's the relax part.
@fathfez7991
3 жыл бұрын
And they think we are intellectuals 😏
@shana1343
3 жыл бұрын
this is such a mood tho
@papasscooperiaworker3649
3 жыл бұрын
@@fathfez7991 what
3:53 Can we just appreciate how symmetrical and ornate the pattern in which the bees fill the wax is
" Fill hex with wax" "Beegining" I kinda liked hearing that edit: Thanks for the likes!!
@surendraprusty8443
3 жыл бұрын
LOK
@surendraprusty8443
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@sowmithreddy8178
3 жыл бұрын
Asmr
@sophialaird6388
3 жыл бұрын
Why not apus *tri*fecta? I mean, they do like triangles...
@Pelusteriano
3 жыл бұрын
And beectory
The answer? No, I cannot. Nor will I ever be able to, to any of Ted-Ed’s splendid riddles.
@jmugwel
3 жыл бұрын
Don't be so pessimistic, you can do it. They are sometimes hard, but totally possible to solve.
@juniormint3253
3 жыл бұрын
Иван Логинов I was just joking hah.
@amritas2400
3 жыл бұрын
You can surely solve the Ragnarok riddle. Have u tried that one?
@juniormint3253
3 жыл бұрын
Amrita S I have tried it but I couldn’t solve it...lmao
@justsomeoneelse5942
3 жыл бұрын
Or the passcode one? That’s considered the easiest riddle from them.
I always wondered what was inside those bottles in cabinets. Didn't realize they were bees.
@desaster903
3 жыл бұрын
Underrrated comment
@blueflamefae7898
2 жыл бұрын
Not what I expected but you deserve the like
TED-ED: can you solve the honeybee riddle Me: hmmm let me try My brain: 👁️👄👁️
@raymondxiannie3562
3 жыл бұрын
Oh god
@thebigmoai2480
3 жыл бұрын
Deja vu
@danimgmd3510
Жыл бұрын
Oui?
How are those Ted-Ed animators so GOOD? If I could animate like that, I would be jumping in joy everywhere I went.
This video is so satisfying to watch. Props to the animator.
Yay riddles Even though I can’t solve any
@raymondxiannie3562
3 жыл бұрын
Yes you can
@Coco-Loco
3 жыл бұрын
It's about trying, not solving. After a while of trying, it gets easier and a lot more interesting.
@Infinixel
3 жыл бұрын
I can't!
@Coco-Loco
3 жыл бұрын
@@Infinixel yeah you can, try it
4:38 I need everyone to know that when this hive is finished, the bees make a smiley face.
@TheWorldsLargestOven
Жыл бұрын
I don't see it
*you’re the only person to keep this species from going extinct* me with 2 brain cells left: well yes, but actually *no*
How to solve the honeybee riddle: Make sure they all have green eyes
@michaeljohnson905
3 жыл бұрын
And tell them that at least one of them has green eyes
@BeastonKing
3 жыл бұрын
How is this joke not dead yet
@jmugwel
3 жыл бұрын
But they know, that one of the first three bees always lies, another always say truth, and the third says lies and truths randomly...
@raymondxiannie3562
3 жыл бұрын
@@BeastonKing I have no idea
@srijanumesh5355
3 жыл бұрын
Uru
Bee dad: Son, you've got a perfect report card, all B's!
@cjfdnqkn4374
3 жыл бұрын
Peter the Panda all Bee's!
@DrRank
2 жыл бұрын
You stole that joke from Bee Movie
You can also arrange the bees in a spiral, you get the same number of hives but it's a bit more aesthetically pleasing and intuitive. Step 1. Put three bees around the center hex with none of them in adjacent hexes Step 2. From each of the first three bees, move two hexes out from the center, and then shift clockwise (or counter clockwise, doesn't matter) by one hex; that's where you'll put the next three bees. Step 3. From each of the second set of three bees, move out and clockwise (or counter clockwise if that's what you did in step 2) to the corners of the hive, where the last three bees will go. And there you go, a nice pretty bee spiral :)
It’s actually way simpler than it seems. Step 1: Confirm the bees have green eyes Step 2: Place one bee into a hive Step 3: Have the bee transform the first hex, and then have it ask to be let out to the next hex, the bee must be allowed to do this because it has green eyes and is therefore allowed to leave Step 4: Wait until it transforms all of the hives Step 5: Place another bee in the hive to make a queen Step 6: Repeat the process with each hive having a worker and a queen Step 7: 60 original bees/ 2 bees in every hive= 30 hives
@scptime1188
3 жыл бұрын
Hol up-
@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn
Жыл бұрын
but what if the bees don't have green eyes
@wren_.
10 ай бұрын
@@MichaelDarrow-tr1mnat least one of them does
@DoFliesCallUsWalks
8 ай бұрын
when i saw the green eye thing, I knew that the bees are logicians
can’t be just me who’s got absolutely no idea what’s going on💀
@joshuazulu8844
3 жыл бұрын
No it ain't just you
@Lotuswalker
3 жыл бұрын
Let me edit that for you: "can't bee just me who's got absolutely no idea what's going on💀" There, fixed it...
@baharsabet2895
3 жыл бұрын
Lotuswalker bruh i can’t beelieve i didn’t notice that
@shreyapandit20
3 жыл бұрын
I don't get what the buzz is all about
@aaa..
3 жыл бұрын
@@Lotuswalker HSUDCAKSAIDHVD STOOPPPPPP
We hope one day to achieve the level of your channel ♥️ We love you Ted-Ed
@Alex-df9tx
3 жыл бұрын
You will for sure
@petersnowden484
3 жыл бұрын
Looks dope so far
@ludapedan8632
3 жыл бұрын
i love you both!
@gorgiegoes989
3 жыл бұрын
I feel like you already working on it
@markusantiberus7159
3 жыл бұрын
Long jorney .. fingers crossed
I said it earlier and I am saying it now. “*I LEARNED MORE FROM INTERNET THAN SCHOOL*”
There is another way of placing the bees. Place the 3 bees for the 7 hex hives the same way that we did and then place the remaining 6 in one of the 6 hexes of each side. I evaluated it that way. I tried going further than 54 hex hive but the question explicitly showed a 54 hex hive so...🤷
@zidy11
3 жыл бұрын
wow a comment actually about the solving, finally. I'm unsure on your explanation, i got answer by filling these hexes (numbered left to right, top to bottom). 1, 8, 23, 30, 35, 40, 42, 45, 57.
@hrishikeshpurohit8676
3 жыл бұрын
@@zidy11 looks like your solution works too
Lets be honest, how many people have used at least one of these riddles as a party trick?
@sreeharipremkumar7202
3 жыл бұрын
I tried but failed miserably to make them understand the question..
@bhaskarpandey8586
3 жыл бұрын
@@sreeharipremkumar7202 lol
@sreeharipremkumar7202
3 жыл бұрын
@Fucsio's bold of you to assume that I assumed that you have been to a party 🙃
@justsomeoneelse5942
3 жыл бұрын
Like the UwU and OwO puzzle?
@shana1343
3 жыл бұрын
@@justsomeoneelse5942 wait i thought it was the UzU and OzO riddle
How to not kill the honey bees Step 1: Confirm you have green eyes Step 2: Ask the death to leave
@rophu5876
3 жыл бұрын
Death: no
@user-kt3jn7wx5f
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
I actually hit on a different pattern using a completely different approach to construction! I stuck my little triangle formation in the middle, and then three non-adjacent corners of the hive. I used the remaining 3 bees in the third 'ring' with 3-fold symmetry (play with it - there's essentially only 2 places they can go :) ) to complete.
The animation is so fresh every time. I really never know what to expect.
This puzzle is kind of like Conway's game of Life but with the rules modified a little
The level of animation here was so noticeably better that I had to comment about it
Most of the times, I don't even understand riddle but it's just soooo relaxing, captivating and mesmerizing to watch transitions, animations and sound effects of Ted ed videos.
This is so calming, I mean the tone of narration and the animation is wonderful. I love TED-ED😘
One of most stunning pieces of animation I've ever seen.
Honestly, this stopmo-like animation is still the sweetest
I love the 3D counters! The animators went above and beyond!
_Didn't the Bee Movie already thought us about this?_
@annoyingkid48
3 жыл бұрын
Sure, but apparently it didn’t teach us about spelling or tenses. Too bad, too, gotta love a good spelling bee
@shana1343
3 жыл бұрын
@@annoyingkid48 LOLLLLL
The animation and content is too gooood. I want to know how you (Ted-ed) make such stuff . The efforts of creaters: writing script, animating, even thinking of what topic to choose and how to represent to the audience are also great. ❤️❤️ Ted ed❤️❤️
Charlotte Arene's animation is so crisp and the sound design really makes this video. Hats off
The animation on this one is really good! Perfectly illustrates it in simple and easy-to-grasp terms
Dose anyone else just like to play these videos when they're working cause it helps them focus and concentrate better?
Thank you TedEd, I always enjoy your riddles :)
I'm so used to Ted Ed now, whenever it goes... "Can you slove the-" I interrupt and say... "No I can't, but go right ahead"
The animation on this is phenomenal. Ted-Ed animators on another level.
For people Those who know they cant solve the riddle But still Have Come here with high Self Esteem All The Best!!! Like here
@notimetoexplain291
3 жыл бұрын
But has anyone figured the riddle by themselves?
@suntzu2102
3 жыл бұрын
@@notimetoexplain291 It's Way to difficult than a normal riddle this isn't a normal one It's TED ED!!!!
@notimetoexplain291
3 жыл бұрын
@@suntzu2102 Maybe it will come to use oneday but its so confusing that we won't even know when we need it.😂😂
@suntzu2102
3 жыл бұрын
@@notimetoexplain291 Sooner or Later!! by then have 1 riddle in your portfolio (It's nearly an achievement to solve a riddle by yourself,unless u are fooling yourself)
@notimetoexplain291
3 жыл бұрын
@@suntzu2102 is it a riddle? I don't know the answer sorry.
I read the title & said “no but let’s do it anyway”
Im always super excited when a new riddle uploads even though I cant solve A SINGLE ONE
i really loved the stop motion style, your animation keeps getting better and better
Sounds similar to “Conway’s game of life (cellular automata)”
@logankrohn1472
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing
I'm sure there's hundreds of ways to do this one. I did it with a rotationally symmetric pattern, starting with 3 around the center hex, and expanding from there.
I love this 3d style of animation; it's super clear.
I've always loved this guy's voice. So calming.
I figured out we need at least 9 bees pretty quickly, but it took some time to find the placement that works. It took 7 iterations: 18 - 21 - 13 - 13 - 11 - 10 - 9
I was guessing that it was 10-9 bees needed each hive. Sheer luck
All the riddle produce from this channel is top tier and it will really make you think.
The animations just keeps getting better.
Am I the only one who comes here knowing I cannot solve it. But the riddles are good. :)
This is like the old game “Life”. No pun intended.
At 4:03 I immediately shouted: CATAN!!!
I swear they will never run out of art styles
Hmmm this is a pretty good “BEEginning ”
The bees look like Advil...
@Theproblemdoc
3 жыл бұрын
They are really busy bees
the animation of the hexes being completed with the 9 bees is so satisfying
Ohhh man I din’t need another bee pun 4:55
*ANIMATION AND SOUND EDITING AT ITS FINEST*
Who else here thinks of Flight of the Bumblebee at 15 notes a second when you see bees? S a c r i l e g i o u s
@fantasyshadows3207
3 жыл бұрын
Do you Flop of the suffocating flies?
@shyanleo943
3 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@deshmkh5014
3 жыл бұрын
helo towsetter
Every time ted Ed comes out with a new riddle, me and my dad always try to figure it out. And most of the time we can’t. The riddles are amazing.
I get so excited for this riddles knowing full well I can't solve any of them lol shout out to the animators!
Ted-Ed: can u solve the honeybee riddle? Me: no no i dont think i can actually
@harshita.07
3 жыл бұрын
But I can 🤣🤣🤣🤣 In dreams.
@williamtheconqueror7807
3 жыл бұрын
@@harshita.07 Fools. I just skip to the answer.
“Pauses the video like I can solve this”
randomly this riddle is my fav and I always come back if I need a break
It's a fascinating way of teaching and the animation is great thanks for inspiring us to keep thinking and thinking out of the box
So like Conway’s game of life, just weirder?
Nobody : Literally nobody : Everbody in comments: Hahaha i can't
@pelican7235
3 жыл бұрын
Your less creative then them lmao
@thatboythaylon369
3 жыл бұрын
Nah. This comment was funny. Foget the haters. Keep doing you suraj
@SurajSingh.3389
3 жыл бұрын
@@pelican7235 lmao???
@SurajSingh.3389
3 жыл бұрын
@@thatboythaylon369 😂😇😇
The details in animation is just great.
The voice of the speaker is so nice. I couldn't stop listening him.
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle
@michaeljohnson905
3 жыл бұрын
Not sure what that has to do with a bee riddle but ok
@QuestionEverythingButWHY
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaeljohnson905 hahaha
Step one: understand the question and rules.
ooooh, this one has my favorite animation of any of these riddles i've watched!
Awesome TED-Ed 👏🏾 All your videos are simply brilliant and fun too 😃 Nice puns by the way 😁
wow this just called me brain-dead in so many language
4:19 Bee-ginning
Huge fan of the stop motion animation puzzling
Honestly the best animation of all the puzzles.
"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers." Vulture bees: Am i a joke to you- XD no offence i love this channel 😅😅😅
I am a simple man. I see any TedEd riddles, I click. (side note this reminds me of Conway's Game of Life)
Well done making this animation it looks real!
The feeling that you are amaze on the riddle and same to the animation. Hands down Ted-Ed 😁💓
Or, I can just write a machine learning algorithm going through thousands of simulations. Then the program can tell me where to put each bee. But that just takes the fun out of riddles.
I’m not gonna even try to solve it.
Hats off to the animators for the great animation
The animation in this is amazing
0:07 Since I'am a bioligist I don't know maths, now leave me alone.✌
@shambosaha9727
3 жыл бұрын
Tell that to Ronald Ross
@Anonymous-ov1vh
3 жыл бұрын
@@shambosaha9727 ye kaun hai? ( who is ronald ross?)
Great problem! This is actually more difficult than I thought, and I did not get the optimal solution on my own. My solution involves 12 bees in star configuration (leaving the center empty, 4 on each star edge), and it can do 4 hive as 60 / (12 + 1) = 4 with 8 remains (at this point, I kind of aware that it might not be the most efficient way as the 4 on the line are next to each other (and the fact that there are 8 remains, TedEd riddles are usually resolved in nice numbers and probably has no remains :)). My thought process starts the same as the provided solution as I also realized 3 bees are required to populate the smallest 7 blocks hive. However, I did not realize the immutability of total perimeters. When I extend the 7-block case to larger hive, I just add 3 more on the corner (forming the star configuration) as I know a 120-degree angle is enough to populate a parallelogram that its two edges can span. Anyway, the optimal solution really surprised me and is more elegant than I imaged.
@picklesauce7983
9 ай бұрын
The solution is very simple if you do math olympiads. This type of problem is incredibly standard and called a monovariant since the perimeter of the figure is non-increasing at every step. Also, your observation of the "immutability of total perimeter" is wrong because the perimeter can decrease.
I’m so glad you guys haven’t changed the narrator for these riddle videos.
"Hexagons are the Bestagons" - CGP Grey
@cupcakewithouttheicing
3 жыл бұрын
+