These mites doomed many of my hives when I was beekeeping, such a shame

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that!

@TimesRyan

7 ай бұрын

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that! :(

@nonhotrovatounnomemigliore9221

7 ай бұрын

Let the mites live their lives. They are animals like any other and deserves to live

@kevo300

7 ай бұрын

@@nonhotrovatounnomemigliore9221 nope get them out and protect our bees.

@5kunk157h35h17

7 ай бұрын

Yes welcome the mites into your hive

That was very creepy. Glad the bees are finally being helped to figure out how to fight back.

@nonhotrovatounnomemigliore9221

7 ай бұрын

Oh right let's kill an innocent might just because nature made it a parasite animal that hurts bees

@iowaviking

7 ай бұрын

Bees don't need help. Wild bees do fine same with my bees that I caught in a swarm trap. Bees that a prevented from doing what they naturally do is the problem.

@ryleypalmer

7 ай бұрын

@@iowavikingyeah all that the pesticides do is make the mites eventually stronger whilst the bees are still defenceless

@wishingarts

7 ай бұрын

​@@iowavikingSometimes, a little help does wonders. That's why in some cases, people will intervene to raise chances of success.

@moos5221

7 ай бұрын

@@iowaviking not true. not all wild bees are doing fine, same as not all cultured bees are effected. i've seen mites on wild bees and wild bumblebees. just because you don't witness it doesn't mean it's not a thing. it's just not controlled as much as cultured bees for obvious reasons.

Somehow bees have learned that they can use mycelium powder to shake off these mites. Paul Stamets talks about it, they will roll around in the powder and it either kills or shakes off the mites. Amazing how nature always provides a solution

@lsixty30

6 ай бұрын

This is amazing

@TasmanianWolves

6 ай бұрын

How would it get the powder?

@BuddyLee23

5 ай бұрын

Any good sources to read on that? I see that he developed mycelium food products to help bees survive, but couldn’t find anything about them rolling around in it to remove mites. Maybe I just missed it?

@TasmanianWolves

5 ай бұрын

An edible pesticide for 🐝?

@Codemeister1105

5 ай бұрын

​@@TasmanianWolvesby touching a mushroom...

Sadly, we got the varroa mite here in Australia. It has moved from the "contain-at-all-costs" stage to the "management" stage now :(

@bari2883

7 ай бұрын

Thanks I was about to google if we have it here. I wish there was something ordinary people could do in their gardens to help the fight against these incest perpetrators. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Zuconja

7 ай бұрын

It is sad, but the moment varroa came to Australia, it's over, any attempt to contain it is 100% futile. Probably you wasted a lot of money to have an outcome that was known from the beginning.

@44thala49

7 ай бұрын

At least other countries have been fighting them long enough that there’s a lot of good information out there now on how to keep a handle on them.

@jackvos8047

7 ай бұрын

Newcastle was ground zero for the Australian infection.

@tonydoggett7627

7 ай бұрын

@@jackvos8047The busiest port in Australia

My bees descend from what was a wild colony that resided in a tree on school land, unfortunately the tree was felled and the mother hive lost now but their legacy continues. This mother hive could have been there for 50 years, it's been there for as long as anyone could remember. On to my bees, not treated my bees now for 3 years , the mother hive was never treated, never inspected , and yet it was huge and swarmed each year like clockwork. I actually feel the bees I keep have adapted to veroa, yes there are mites but the numbers are low and the bees look to keep it that way all by themselves. I only split healthy colonies off, weak colonies will get a booster Frame or 2 but if they fail, they fail....the goal is to only push on with hives that look after themselves. I believe Honey bees will overcome veroa, if given a chance.

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story.

@EspressoBreve

7 ай бұрын

are they fighting the mites though? Find any dead mites? I'm wondering what is keeping the mites from destroying the colony.

@Vousie

7 ай бұрын

Exactly. We need to start focusing on helping the colonies get stronger genetics, not repeatedly dumping more chemicals on them in the hope that the chemicals will kill the problem faster than it will kill the bees.

@TonyLeach-airguntech

7 ай бұрын

@@EspressoBreve I just inspect as normal, check for disease and issues and react to weak colonies as explained above. I don't go overboard, if they still fail, they fail, I just move on with the stronger hives.

@Swarmstead

7 ай бұрын

I've never treated my bees in 14 years. Selection is the key, not "help".

its mind blowing how selective breeding got so advanced. 3/4 into the video I was thinking "how the fuck are we going to help the bees" then you dropped them the "ah don't worry scientists with their science are (somehow) selectively breeding bees to chew the mites off" im like "how the fuck are they doing that!" and then you showed us. im completely mind blown at the whole process this is some shit not even science fiction predicted.

Fun fact: the mite has finally arrived in Australia. One of the last major holdouts that were able to keep the pest away for years until recently.

@dianalacson238

7 ай бұрын

You call that “fun”

@DG-iw3yw

7 ай бұрын

@dianalacson238 Its dry humour, americans dont understand that unfortunately.

@Silverizael

7 ай бұрын

Likely Australia will start seeing increased events of colony collapse disorder, since the spread of that seems to correlate directly to varroa mite spread and infestations.

@JohnYow1

7 ай бұрын

only australia is dry enough@@DG-iw3yw

@mariuszmoraw3571

6 ай бұрын

Thankfully we finally have methods to fight it.

5:45 Mite: It is my deepest hope that you, let me finish my job! Bees: nice speech, say goodbye to your LEGS!

@RealProtonPrompt

2 ай бұрын

Nice reference

I've been watching your videos for years! 🎉 These videos helped me go from fearing bugs to adoring them! I now take photographs of any insects I find thrpughout my days and study and research them! I've now helped others to also be less afraid. Thank youuuu for these incredible macro shots and information! ❤ 🎉 Your videos are the best!! ❤❤

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

That is awesome! #inspo

@moos5221

7 ай бұрын

For me it's the opposite, I was never afrad of bugs but now my whole body is itching. xD Just kidding, great to hear that KZread has a therapeutic function for you.

@MaxOakland

5 ай бұрын

That’s so cool!

Hopefully the leg-eaters defeat the liver-eaters

Keep up the good work guys ❤

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

I have been watching these videos for a while 4+ years and this is already one of my favorites

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Wonderful! We love making videos about bees.

"If you ever feel useless, just remember that Varroa Mites exist just to make a honey bee's life a worst life."

I've got a big grin on my face after seeing that bees were cutting the mites' legs off. Way to go bees, keep fighting back!

Deep Look has a deep place in my heart. I am always sad when an episode ends because they never fail to be so compelling and so well executed! I just want more learning!!! Thank you for all your hard work. ❤

This was awesome but a little creepy too! I love Bees but the Varoa Mites made me want to itch! 😆 Thank you Deep Look for another great upload! 💜✌

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

It's so fun to see bees as a liquid 😂

@Leeyum96969

7 ай бұрын

ayo?

How does the beekeeper just grab a handful of bees and not get stung?

@silenttakuza

7 ай бұрын

Usually they smoke them, I think they are docile at the moment.

@viniciuslima9430

7 ай бұрын

Right?!?!?! I get sting just by thinking about them😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@NativeVsColonial

7 ай бұрын

They have been domesticated

@tomarmadiyer2698

7 ай бұрын

Definitely look into historical beekeeping techniques. Pretty cool stuff. Mostly, just stay chill and they stay chill.

@rainworldfan7757

7 ай бұрын

the answer is Love.

While I know human this mindset is, but it's baffaling how small things can get. A small mite on a bee is so tiny. Getting down to molecule size is something I really cant even comprehend

Even if they wiped out the entire cast of Bee Movie, I still wouldn't like 'em.

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

🙃

@Leeyum96969

7 ай бұрын

لا 😂😂😂😂😂😂

5:30 absolutely was not expecting to see this.

Thank you for leaving us with a look at the resolution of this crippling parasite. Was worried they " mite " kill all the bees. 🐝

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

I see what you did there

The bug finally breached quarantine in NSW and Victoria, Australia last year. So many hives were destroyed as a fire break to prevent further spread but it's still popping up here and there. 😔

Wow very informative. Glad researchers are finding ways to eliminate the mites. Never in my life did i expect to watch a bee be inseminated. Lol but still very interesting

@theinvestorsperspective6142

7 ай бұрын

The US government shouldn't be credited for anything. The laws and practices they made in the name of research was what brought the mites over and independent breeders are doing more effective work in bringing about hygienic bees

I might have missed it, but how does the eastern bees defend themselves against these mites?

@gildedbear5355

7 ай бұрын

I believe that it is the same way that people are breeding western honeybees to fight them. Uncap infected cells, chew the legs off the mites, and then kill the larva (mostly just because bees don't have the behaviors to recap a brood cell). Also, grooming each other to remove mites.

@gabrielaquiros1966

7 ай бұрын

Hi @kennnnnn1015, I produced this episode of Deep Look. Thank you for watching and for your question. Eastern honeybees (Apis cerana) groom the mites off each other. In addition, in eastern honeybee hives varroa mites only are able to reproduce inside cells where male bees, known as drones, are developing. These bees remove mites from cells where workers are growing. And when a mite makes it into a worker bee cell, the larva dies in response, leaving the mite without a food source. "There’s this self-sacrificing thing that happens where the bee larva just dies and that seals the mite inside of the cell with them," said entomologist Samuel Ramsey, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Cheers, Gabriela

@misersmakeup-nguoihatien2316

7 ай бұрын

​@@gabrielaquiros1966thank you so much!!! This kind of addressing follow up questions by the very people producing the content is why I ADORE Deep Look ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@alveolate

7 ай бұрын

seems these european honeybees are kinda vulnerable to so many things... they also get murked by the asian giant hornet, or "murder hornet", which japanese honeybees have adapted to do this death ball manouvre and defeat individual hornets; but european ones just go 1v1 and lose. is europe just a really chill place or something?

@jant3566

7 ай бұрын

@@gabrielaquiros1966very cool. Do they avoid eating the mite due to the virus it can potentially carry?

Thank you for making these educational videos!

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

For clarification if anybody’s interested. The treatment for Verona mites in a hive is technically a pesticide, but it’s formic acid which is naturally occurring in the bees so you fill the hive with high quantities of formic acid which come in the form of strips the mites can’t handle it, it’s uncomfortable to humans but The bees can handle it just fine. So, even though it is a pesticide, it’s not what most people would consider pesticide.

@Someone-sq8im

5 ай бұрын

Yep. Natural pesticides are cool too

This is such a good video, I'm always enthralled by your shots and how easy to understand you make them but this one takes the cake. Great work!

Fascinating. Those poor bees, some of this video was a bit hard to watch. I'm glad to hear there are strategies for fighting back!! Bees really are so, incredibly important.

Now THIS is The Bee Movie Sequel we need to see. Pretty insightful! Bee's are such fascinating bugs, and knowing that they too got parasote problems make me care for the little guys even more!

There’s no words to describe how much I love your content !!! It really brings me joy as much as it fascinates me ! Thank you for your hard work !

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! #inspo

Please do a episode on about how East Asian honey bees deal with the Varroa mite.

@jake9854

5 ай бұрын

but girls r not interested in episode like this tho

I love these Deep Look videos and so do my young students. I show one of these every now and then and it sparkles so much awe and interest in the students and that leads to so many interesting class discussions. They love it. Many thanks.

I love the final phrase 😂 "Hi sugar! what's shaking?"

I wonder how certain animals like these mites avoid the dangers of inbreeding when mating with their siblings.

Man it must be a nightmare to be a beekeeper right now

@abstract1dea

17 күн бұрын

Even worse to be a bee.

I always drop everything to watch a new deep look video, always worth it.

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! We love making these videos.

Excellent as usual. Counterattack with the latest tech is a nice tip. Good & relief to see it, given the relative sizes of them, the damage & suffering caused by mite should predictably devastating! Agile locomotor capacity of mite is surprising, as well as its unique reproductive strategy, male first, but one. What does that mean in terms of evolution? On top of a quality content, the best part of this footage is an opening! Much better than any movie trailers. Fabulous!

Crabs were my nightmare. I thought I just had dry skin on my hairy stomach but once I saw the white skin flakes had legs I freaked out.

This is amazing footage. Thank you for making it all so clear.

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

Using hanging frames lets the bees adjust the size of the cells. They will do this to make a generation of smaller bees that are better able to preen off the mites.

Im intrested why did the bees that interrupted the bee larve with the mite. Why can't the varroa-mite resistant bees just kill the mite and leave the larva be?

@Zaxares

7 ай бұрын

Probably because of the potential for viral infection that the video also mentioned. Once the larval bee has been compromised, the hive doesn't want to run the risk of the infection spreading.

@normal2222

7 ай бұрын

​@@Zaxaresmakes sense. Still sad tho..

When a video has me watching with my mouth wide open - Y'all have done a spectacular job. Thank you ~

The way varroa mites skitter on a bee makes me scream in disgust! It just makes me want to shrink down and yoink off the bee

Imagine dinner plate sized mites hiding on human hives(apartment flats)😅

@noname-wo9yy

7 ай бұрын

Shotgun noises ensure

Oxalic acid is another good way to treat for mites. It’s organic and doesn’t bother the bees. The only weak point is it will not kill the mites that are on the brood under the cappings, but there are ways to deal with that as well.

@gregorymalchuk272

7 ай бұрын

What are the ways of dealing with the varroa in the capped brood?

@isocarboxazid

6 ай бұрын

@@gregorymalchuk272 they are allergic to mcdonald's

@abstract1dea

17 күн бұрын

@@gregorymalchuk272 A brood break stops reproduction and a treatment kills the rest. Trapping the queen to a particular frame and disposing of that frame when they are about to emerge allows them mites on the bees to be treated successfully. Mostly. Another way of dealing with it is to have a drone frame. Drones take longer to mature to an adult and mites are naturally drawn to them. Remove the drone frame and feed it to the chickens. They love them. Varroa cannot live without a host. Bees also combat mites by swarming and that creates a brood break and no larva means no additional mites. Unhealthy bees will sacrifice themselves to save the hive. And infested bees don't have the stamina to fly with the swarm. Oxalic acid is present in many plants and Formic acid is what fire ants use to defend them selves. By far, the best way is to have the bees develop a method to take care of them themselves. By selective breeding, some strains are very good at grooming themselves and snatching them out of the cells when they find them. Perhaps all bees will be able to do that at some point. Small hive beetles are rather nasty too. But that's another story.

Man I did not think I was going to see a bee bust a quick one today

Perfect timing! I just started doing another binge of your vids today

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Perfect!

Finaly a species that knows how to properly punish its parasites.

So awesome! I knew about mites because I used to keep bees, but had no idea such progress was being made to breed bees that fight back. If I ever start beekeeping again I'll really want those genetics!

Even though it's an insect, seeing those varroa mites crawl all over those bees made me cringe on their behalf.

Never knew parasitoids could be so... Creative with their reproduction.

I learn something new every time I watch. From bat flies to bee mites and beyond. I'm learning while feeling itchy. 😅

The more I learn about insect's parasites, the more I realize they get way more annoyed by things smaller than them than we do. Fleas have a similar predicament to bees.

@mariuszmoraw3571

6 ай бұрын

They got it worse than us. Insect are usually pre-programmed with set of certain reactions, we humans are way more adaptable to situation. Within the same generation we humans can adapt to new parasite while bees... well... they need to adapt behavior to even react. As you can see in video, this mites are visible to bees, yet they not actively chasing them off...

Here's a new idea for a movie sequel: "Bee Movie: The Fight Against Mites" You're welcome Jerry Seinfeld

Thank you for this!! ☺ I was actually wondering what those things were. One time, I saved a bee from drowning and I picked a varroa mite off. I didn't know if it was beneficial or harmful to the bee.

@mariuszmoraw3571

6 ай бұрын

Well, any parasite attached to animal is always harmful. Be it to human or insect...

@fuzzy_little_duckling

6 ай бұрын

@@mariuszmoraw3571 Correct. At the time, I knew it was a mite but I didn't know it was a parasite. I know there's certain mites that are actually helpful to their host / have a symbiotic relationship (for example, millipedes and roaches)

Better idea: breed the mites so the attack yellow jacket colonies

I need to find someone who trusts me as much as that lady trusts some well shaken bees

5:16 "Yea. They're eating it." Love the nonchalant tone. 😂

This was a Mite-y good episode XD Seriously though those mites are a huge problem but I didn’t know people bred bees to hunt down the mites, that’s some cool stuff ^^

5:30 I'm an adult. But I couldn't help but laugh when I read the caption.

Bloodsucking bee mites aside, 5:30 looks very.... Painful although insects do not have nerves. Is the drone alive?!

@parks310

7 ай бұрын

Drones pass after mating, both in this human controlled setting and in nature. also insects do have nerves

@jtch6668

7 ай бұрын

Of course insects have nerves

I cant get enough of the knowledge from this channel. Love your work, guys n gals

Even the bugs, have to worry about bugs.

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

And those bugs have bugs, and those have bugs...

These vids are so good, I'm lost in the content till the end.

5:32 Beenis

I have never heard of this. Fascinating. Another great video!

0:58 is that even a bee surrounded by other bees? Its eyes look like theyre owned by a fly

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

That's a male - a drone. They have slightly different physiology.

@giddy7079

7 ай бұрын

I was so confused by this! I never knew they had such huge eyes like that.

Still don't explain how the mates stop become invisible to the bees

this is why keeping colonies together so close is accelerating the destruction of honeybees

Nice vid. Would be cool if there were more of them on other types of bees or endangered ones

I wonder if there is mite for each kind of social insects, like ants have theirs too

@shroomyesc

7 ай бұрын

There seems to be a uniquely specialized macroparasite for almost every animal

Really informative video and awesome visuals!

Wow! What a well done video. Great labeling and filming. Really top quality. Should be a PBS producer. Thanks. Well done.(I just noticed this is PBS).

wow, I learned something new today. Great video!

Every beekeeper should test for them.

Astonishing work as always ❤

Finally, another video about mites

I love your videos they are very informative!

I'm confused, are you saying that biting off the legs of the mites a _genetic_ behavior, that it makes sense to breed bees that do this to create offspring to instinctually do it even if they've never seen it being done by other bees? 🤔

@thirteen13ees

7 ай бұрын

some are more aggressive than others.

0:26 the beekeeper adding the sugar to bee like and making a frosted bee donuts 😂

Very informative video, I honestly had no idea these existed!

Thank you for such an informative video ❤.

Why parasites are so good at making themselves immune to things that work against them?

@nikmohamed5906

7 ай бұрын

They have shorter lifecycle so they have so adaptation via selective pressure

@ModernEphemera

6 ай бұрын

Their life literally depends on it. Ones that are bad at it die, ones that are good at it live, ones in between live or die. Natural selection

@antoniobranderas

Ай бұрын

Because they evolve into politicians

Super cool. And those macro shots 🙌

@KQEDDeepLook

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙌 Hats off to Joshua Cassidy for the filming. #inspo

Great video/info. Thanks

I watched the whole video in the thumb preview thinking "wow this is really high quality", of course it involved PBS.

Thanks mate that was educating I would’ve never known I shall pass it on and share.

Those mites move a lot faster than most other mites I see!

Very interesting!!! Thank you!!!

Bees are endlessly fascinating, always more to learn it seems! I take it as a personal affront when something threatens the bees health, such as these filthy mites, the virus they can carry or the menace of Asian giant hornets! >shudder Of course the pesticides and monoculture farming also pose existential threats. We need to bee careful!

amazing video, thank you so much!!!!

i can only imagine how confused the bees were when they got shoved in the jar and shook around 🤣🤣

You know the problem is serious when they name a species 'destructor'.

Bee : call the ambulance, call the ambulance Modified Bee : but not for me

I never knew they were invasive but it makes more sense to me now why they are unable to fight back. Usually animals develop strategies or relationships to deal with parasites, otherwise ecosystems wouldn't be in balance.

Thankyou for the information and time

@KQEDDeepLook

5 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

amazing video as always

This is such a cool video!!

5:15 That one mite on the pupae being around genetically modified Bee just really said "Ah piss..."