Short Film: The Hidden Reason Bees Are Being Wiped Out

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What if bees are not the herbivores we thought they were? Scientists have unveiled the secret microbial world that is vital to bees’ population, and our food supply.
Special thanks to HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
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While they may not be our favorite part of eating outside, bees are really important to our ecosystem. They’re prolific natural pollinators and are a huge part of our modern agriculture. A lot of the food we eat relies on pollination from bees! Unfortunately though, they’re also in serious danger. 4,000 species across the U.S are in decline. And there isn’t one specific reason as to why this is happening.
The scientists in our next film, SymBeeOsis, might have discovered one cause. And it could change everything we know about bees and their ecosystem, starting with a microscopic world that we never knew existed, until now.
This is SymBeeOsis, from Day’s Edge Productions.
#Bees #Herbivores #FoodSupply #Ecosystem #Pollination #Agriculture #Seeker
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  • @Seeker
    @Seeker2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching our re-upload of Sym.Bee.O.Sis! This version acknowledges the many contributions that went into making this film possible, including members from the USDA and the grant that brought it to life. We certainly didn't know bees could be omnivores, did you? Let us in the comments below and keeping coming back to Seeker for all your latest bee news.

  • @KioMilenium

    @KioMilenium

    2 жыл бұрын

    "We certainly didn't know bees could be omnivorous" SPOILERS alert! 😅

  • @thesilentone4024

    @thesilentone4024

    2 жыл бұрын

    The natives are endangered not the farmed bees. Ps the mote fungicides farms use the worse bees health is. Yes bees need fungus and other things in there or there a 98% chance there going to be week and very small. Ok yes I texted this before watching the video sorry. But still farmers are finding ways around anything to get poison on there land. Ya farms need to stop poisoning the land like now.

  • @yeb0i

    @yeb0i

    Жыл бұрын

    What happened to this channel? 5mil subs and 25k views??

  • @marcelo55869
    @marcelo558692 жыл бұрын

    Society: "Why are bees dying?" Corporations producing glyphosate poison : *sweating profusely *

  • @BD-lq4id
    @BD-lq4id2 жыл бұрын

    You ever notice how back in the day on a road trip you'd get tons of bug splats on the windshield, and nowadays there's none? Insects are disappearing...

  • @abhishekdev258

    @abhishekdev258

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @mmjahink

    @mmjahink

    Жыл бұрын

    Mind = blown

  • @xxvolcomxx56

    @xxvolcomxx56

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean, not really.

  • @pyroromancer

    @pyroromancer

    Жыл бұрын

    ee used to get citywide moth and termite swarms at night in central California in the early 90's and earlier once a year. Then big agriculture companies bought out all the farmland and started spraying massive amounts of insecticides. Moth swarms are extinct and i only witness a termite swarm once every few years and its only a couple hundred yards along steet lamp rows.

  • @xxvolcomxx56

    @xxvolcomxx56

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pyroromancer Sounds like a welcomed change

  • @lore00star
    @lore00star2 жыл бұрын

    Bees are actually my favorite part while i eat outside! I always leave something sweet for them.. they never attack if you don't attack first, wasps are not my favorite part lol XD

  • @BearHeadedWerewolf
    @BearHeadedWerewolf2 жыл бұрын

    This changes my research on bees massively. I definetly need to look further into this.

  • @dennis8196
    @dennis81962 жыл бұрын

    I've just come back from a long walk in a protected common area with large meadows and maintained trees. Not 1 single caterpillar, not one moth or butterfly. Not even tell tail evidence of caterpillars anywhere. Looking after the bees is extremely important, but so is the rest of the eco system and butter fly's here used to be counted in the hundreds per hour, now it's days between sightings.

  • @Krafterr4

    @Krafterr4

    2 жыл бұрын

    This sterilization has to end.

  • @nil981

    @nil981

    Жыл бұрын

    I too am noticing this problem.

  • @jackojb1
    @jackojb12 жыл бұрын

    My first thought is that the larvae need those microbes to populate their digestive system to be able to digest their future meals. Since the microbes come from the plants in the surroundings they are exactly what the bees need.

  • @PenguinTac0s
    @PenguinTac0s2 жыл бұрын

    We need to stop viewing the planet as human centric and shift to a caretaker role

  • @ronthorn3

    @ronthorn3

    Жыл бұрын

    Tell that to the religions

  • @orowizard1369
    @orowizard13692 жыл бұрын

    Bees. I like bees. I have a few acres of bad soil and am improving it with compost, letting half come back with native plants or at least whatever it had before I bought it and I am planting many various fruit trees, maple, oak, pecan, weeping willow, gingko biloba, bois d'arc, some inknown to me (taking small ones that have started underneath the large ones and transplanting them farther away so they will grow big), fruit bushes, flowers, comfrey, purslane, dandelions, and gardening. Edit: oops, I use no pesticides, fungicides, poisons, nada. Just have ducks, chickens, cattle, dogs, cats for fertilizer and varmint control.

  • @thatpilatesguy
    @thatpilatesguy2 жыл бұрын

    I love 🐝. There are so many species and all of them are wonderful.

  • @TheSzutekina

    @TheSzutekina

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes same ❤️ im so happy when I see one

  • @vammekopinion6044
    @vammekopinion60442 жыл бұрын

    It appears everything on our planet is omnivorous in some way. Life eats life in some form.

  • @Saffron777
    @Saffron7772 жыл бұрын

    I love all the slow mo's of the bees! Bees are my favorite insect then spiders 😇😊

  • @abhishekdev258
    @abhishekdev258 Жыл бұрын

    Finally the mystery of missing bees is solved.

  • @ray1956
    @ray19562 жыл бұрын

    All living Organisms are connected 💐🐝🐝👨🏿‍⚕️👨🏿‍⚕️🧑🏿‍💻👀

  • @groob33
    @groob332 жыл бұрын

    BEES are cool.

  • @RealFileName_2

    @RealFileName_2

    Ай бұрын

    Ues

  • @JGerFuentes
    @JGerFuentes2 жыл бұрын

    In some way it's the same as with human babies: the newborn needs his/her mother's milk as soon as possible in order to develop a complete and healthy inmmune system, as well as it is equally important to be born in a natural way (I mean, no c-section) due to the same reason. Thank you very much for the documentary, it's very well done. Greetings from Argentina!

  • @TheSzutekina

    @TheSzutekina

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes nature is so beautiful 🤩

  • @justayoutuber1906

    @justayoutuber1906

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree with the fist part. But disagree with the C-section. Do you have evidence to back up your dubious claim?

  • @dhruvpatel2307
    @dhruvpatel23072 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Seeker for this gem ✨

  • @MaxymusPrime97
    @MaxymusPrime972 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this minidocumentary. I really enjoyed it. Now the question is what can a everyday person do to help our bees 🐝. should we have our own little collonies in our backyards with more gardens, etc.

  • @ontoya1

    @ontoya1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Check out beekeeping in a bottle there's a dude that he keeps on a bottle and it looks like the most efficient thing ever and the bees look like they love it. By far the easiest way to to be keep even indoors it seems. I'm definitely doing that in my lifetime

  • @MaxymusPrime97

    @MaxymusPrime97

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ontoya1 am definitely going to take a look !! Thank you for the suggestion ☺️

  • @ontoya1

    @ontoya1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MaxymusPrime97 ❤️

  • @txsifaka
    @txsifaka2 жыл бұрын

    i love bees, i hope we can preserve them more :(

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 Жыл бұрын

    Microbes are underrated

  • @markkaidy8741
    @markkaidy87412 жыл бұрын

    Pesticides and fungicides

  • @RPKGameVids
    @RPKGameVids2 жыл бұрын

    More bees please!

  • @stopscammingman
    @stopscammingman Жыл бұрын

    Ecology is a lesson in humility; there's so much nuance we have to contend with.

  • 2 жыл бұрын

    oh, allready seen this one. Bees are going under, lets hope they wont be gone too soon..

  • @sonaiable
    @sonaiable Жыл бұрын

    Amazing work! Congrats to the team!

  • @iarrieta
    @iarrieta Жыл бұрын

    Very very nice video! Thanks for all new data that I did not know

  • @inmyownbubble8
    @inmyownbubble82 жыл бұрын

    I have always loved 🐝 bees as a kid

  • @donnysandley4649
    @donnysandley46492 жыл бұрын

    no shortage of bees where I'm from 👍

  • @senshai1267
    @senshai12672 жыл бұрын

    They are such a vital creature.

  • @markomus1
    @markomus12 жыл бұрын

    10:46 - "So, what was missing from their diet?" 10:49 (me) - "Meat." The rest is history. LOL

  • @Noni-yf7cd
    @Noni-yf7cd Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video, very very cool!! This video was made very smooth, and was very easy to follow!! great work

  • @stopscammingman
    @stopscammingman Жыл бұрын

    Both worrying and amazing

  • @RyanCoomer
    @RyanCoomer2 жыл бұрын

    I have a pet possum I take to my job as head chef at a resturant in downtown Chicago. He usually sits on my shoulders while I cook the food for lunch and dinner rush. I will usually feed him scraps or to have a nibble off of someone's order before they receive it. It's so cool having him with me, he's my best friend. Luckily no one can see because I keep the kitchen locked and closed and serve the food through a tiny window with a curtain.

  • @errorASMR

    @errorASMR

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol i want to see this

  • @BrandonSampson-ti1ig

    @BrandonSampson-ti1ig

    Ай бұрын

    Thats great

  • @spacedog6622
    @spacedog66222 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info very helpful

  • @dylancombs3131
    @dylancombs31312 жыл бұрын

    What a weird fish

  • @CosmicShieldMaiden
    @CosmicShieldMaiden2 жыл бұрын

    I love bees. Hate wasps tho!

  • @knightofcydonia1192

    @knightofcydonia1192

    Жыл бұрын

    Wasps are actually just as docile and important as bees! Hornets are the aggressive ones!

  • @atm0t5
    @atm0t52 жыл бұрын

    thanks for the great work

  • @aabhisheks
    @aabhisheks2 жыл бұрын

    Our ancestors have had the solution to this problem long back … use of natural fungicides made of neem leaves extract helps the plants, flowers and all of flora in one way or the other

  • @BrandonSampson-ti1ig

    @BrandonSampson-ti1ig

    Ай бұрын

    They actually cared about the well being of the bees tho. Our gov. Prob. Made pesticides specifically to harm them

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge20852 жыл бұрын

    Intriguing.

  • @groob33
    @groob332 жыл бұрын

    Well I'll bee...

  • @p0ssesst
    @p0ssesst8 ай бұрын

    Another great day of saving the beeeeees.

  • @udhayakumar.v005
    @udhayakumar.v005 Жыл бұрын

    Nowadays there is no video content from your channel🙁 it feels like the vacuum has occupied. Almost a month over, was the last post from your channel

  • @lvr5266

    @lvr5266

    Жыл бұрын

    What is a month in a lifetime heh?

  • @janalexandert
    @janalexandert2 жыл бұрын

    Save the solitary bees!

  • @littleflower7769
    @littleflower77693 ай бұрын

    Thank you Monsanto

  • @TheYafaShow
    @TheYafaShow2 жыл бұрын

    The only thing that matters in the universe is the orbital velocity of planets, exoplanets, and moons orbiting planets. the orbital velocity affects the density of planets which then affect the ecosystem of the planet, and or exoplanet. Density, in humans, and in planets is the most important element in the universe and everything other than density is just a component of the how dense something is, or dense it can become.

  • @kwameayiku5248
    @kwameayiku52482 жыл бұрын

    Paul Stamets figured this out years ago

  • @lvr5266

    @lvr5266

    Жыл бұрын

    Thnx. I just went down the rabbit hole just looking up his name lol

  • @drstone3418
    @drstone34182 жыл бұрын

    Matpat did a video about this

  • @iancu_de_hunedoara
    @iancu_de_hunedoara Жыл бұрын

    I'm from China. And we love eating bees, they are really delicious.

  • @Moonyooka
    @Moonyooka2 жыл бұрын

    this is crazy

  • @joshy0369
    @joshy03692 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @thatsawesome2060
    @thatsawesome2060 Жыл бұрын

    Monsanto, and Bayer's,: the cause is hard to pin down 🤷

  • @RoboLaboratory
    @RoboLaboratory2 жыл бұрын

    Hello

  • @youxkio
    @youxkio2 жыл бұрын

    Science!

  • @usulmuaddib5503
    @usulmuaddib55032 жыл бұрын

    Feels like the “Genophage” from Mass Effect.

  • @grayrecluse7496
    @grayrecluse74963 ай бұрын

    What about all the planes , spraying.

  • @paulomorbioarmwrestling986
    @paulomorbioarmwrestling9862 жыл бұрын

    Armwrestling showwww Brasil 🇧🇷

  • @chrismaduro
    @chrismaduro Жыл бұрын

    Do we really need chemicals? Dr. Elaine Ingham would disagree.

  • @bryanreeve7353
    @bryanreeve7353 Жыл бұрын

    we need to make fungicide that doesn’t harm fungi I guess

  • @drstone3418
    @drstone34182 жыл бұрын

    What if you real have a bee have more honey then they could handle would they stop foraging

  • @stevenhill3136
    @stevenhill31362 жыл бұрын

    Your excellent work reveals fungicides are to blame...not global warming

  • @drstone3418
    @drstone34182 жыл бұрын

    Why not farm at sea . Those platforms for oil

  • @mamoru1836
    @mamoru1836 Жыл бұрын

    🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛

  • @sammybarrera
    @sammybarrera2 жыл бұрын

    These are now 🐠

  • @drstone3418
    @drstone34182 жыл бұрын

    Male larvae need manual stimulation of imaginal disc. Unless made from sperm then having half the chromosomes destroyed like in Parasitic wasp

  • @darrincohick2235
    @darrincohick22354 ай бұрын

    Bees are God's little gardeners

  • @brandonhalliii1
    @brandonhalliii1 Жыл бұрын

    Bee Cheeto smell

  • @Josh-xo7ik
    @Josh-xo7ik2 жыл бұрын

    Amber Heards dog must be running around.

  • @TheSzutekina

    @TheSzutekina

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @aperson2730
    @aperson2730 Жыл бұрын

    This channel, unfortunately, doesn't upload videos as frequently as it once did ☹️

  • @pudetouch
    @pudetouch2 жыл бұрын

    Its your fault!

  • @laniianl7125
    @laniianl71252 жыл бұрын

    Nevertheless why are the pollen-eating microbes negatively impacted by fungicide? As far as I know fungicide made to target eukaryotic cells...

  • @meepotello626

    @meepotello626

    Жыл бұрын

    Who knows there must be side effects of the chemical that wasn't fully tested . We need to collect more data and do more research . Targeting specific microbe doesn't mean the others won't be harmed

  • @01DOGG01
    @01DOGG012 жыл бұрын

    funjye funjus

  • @OreWaSulekDesu
    @OreWaSulekDesu2 жыл бұрын

    Take that vegans! :D

  • @Humzah360
    @Humzah360Ай бұрын

    What quran says about bees 🐝???

  • @Humzah360

    @Humzah360

    Ай бұрын

    Only female honey bees 🐝 produce honey...

  • @saulgoodman2018
    @saulgoodman2018 Жыл бұрын

    So videos for a month? Is this channel dead or dying?

  • @elcomodo1
    @elcomodo12 жыл бұрын

    Paul stamets already came up with this theory, you normies are just catching up……

  • @groob33

    @groob33

    2 жыл бұрын

    It'll be a long time before they catch up with Paul...

  • @cindywade1414
    @cindywade14142 жыл бұрын

    Five GEEEE frequency

  • @elcomodo1
    @elcomodo12 жыл бұрын

    Yes planetary changes happen, to think that humans can stop/cause this is sooo egotistical.

  • @elcomodo1

    @elcomodo1

    2 жыл бұрын

    But i mean heyy more money for the elites

  • @typicalrockhound9887

    @typicalrockhound9887

    2 жыл бұрын

    😑👌

  • @thomasherzog86

    @thomasherzog86

    2 жыл бұрын

    this documentary literally is about how humans causes this

  • @knightofcydonia1192

    @knightofcydonia1192

    Жыл бұрын

    You are a total idiot if you think artificial fungicides we spray plants with, which then hurt bee larvae, are "PLANETARY CHANGES"

  • @Tclay13
    @Tclay132 жыл бұрын

    Couldn’t watch the background music is too loud and beyond irritating

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