This is a guy who just wants to know everything about insects !!! And pretty much figures it out......4 hours to get film of bees stinger in action. Incredible !!!
I can almost feel the effort the bees put in to flying when watching in slow motion. Quite the full body work out for the little fellas. Great footage.
I hope we get to see other bees too. I mean, as you said, honeybees are very well-documented, but it'd be fun to see more solitary bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees and such even if they might be somewhat similar.
Isn't it true that if the bee stings and releases venom, it's giving its life for you? Doesn't it then die? I love the succinctness and brevity of the two-syllable term, "Bee Lab."
It's not about the venom. The problem for the bee is, that the skin of a mammal is quite flexible so the barbs of the stinger get stuck and it cannot pull out. When you brush the bee away, the stinger stays in and gets ripped out of the bee together with the venom sacs. This kills the bee but ensures the full load of venom gets delivered. Wasps have smooth stingers so they don't have this problem and can sting you as often as they want then fly away.
I imagine that the queen bees do something similar. I wonder how different egg laying looks from stinging. But to capture footage of a queen doing anything this up close must be very difficult!
The only thing I would change about your channel is I would clone you and get a fleet of phantom cameras so I could watch hours and hours of your videos.
OH MY GOD. Why is she so careless? I watched her squish several bees by just doing her job.. Man, imagine thinking ONE life isnt worthy just because there are many..
This is a guy who just wants to know everything about insects !!! And pretty much figures it out......4 hours to get film of bees stinger in action. Incredible !!!
Another upload from the absolute best channel on this platform
I can almost feel the effort the bees put in to flying when watching in slow motion. Quite the full body work out for the little fellas. Great footage.
His curiosity and determination is benefitting viewers. I love this channel and learning about invertebrates here! ❤ 🐝 🐜 🦋 🪲
There is always something new to discover - absolutely adore your content.
I love bees, and this was so cool. Thank you for your effort and thank you to the NCU Apiculture Lab!
Fascinating! The in-air bee collisions are surprising.
I hope we get to see other bees too. I mean, as you said, honeybees are very well-documented, but it'd be fun to see more solitary bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees and such even if they might be somewhat similar.
Yeah, that’s on the to-do list for sure
That was A M A Z I N G🎉
Please keep exploding my brain.
I ❤ your videos!!
Never before captured footage!!!! You love to see it! Keep up the awsome work!
Thanks for doing a slo-mo vid on my favorite insect! ❤😊
Thanks for not including unnecessary bee-roll.
I love bees! This was a fun video, especially interesting to see the bees in flight
Awesome footage ! Keep it going 😉
Have a nice day everyone !
Amazing video as always! Keep up the great work!
Awesome👍👍👍
He’s out here doin the lord’s work
wow, absolutely incredible
Fascinating Captain!!
My south Iberian bees would be much more "eager" to pose for the venom shot. 😅
I love your videos!
Good video Ant Lab, also i'll like to see a close up of the giant japanese hornet using it's stinger.
Bees are hilarious
Do bees exchange insurance information after mid-air collisions?
My Bee liability insurance is with Honeystein & Sons LLC.
haha!
You are amazing!
Woah! 🙌
aMAZING VIDEO
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Isn't it true that if the bee stings and releases venom, it's giving its life for you? Doesn't it then die? I love the succinctness and brevity of the two-syllable term, "Bee Lab."
It's not about the venom. The problem for the bee is, that the skin of a mammal is quite flexible so the barbs of the stinger get stuck and it cannot pull out. When you brush the bee away, the stinger stays in and gets ripped out of the bee together with the venom sacs. This kills the bee but ensures the full load of venom gets delivered. Wasps have smooth stingers so they don't have this problem and can sting you as often as they want then fly away.
@@foobar201Thanks for the enlightenment!
I imagine that the queen bees do something similar. I wonder how different egg laying looks from stinging. But to capture footage of a queen doing anything this up close must be very difficult!
Awesome!
Hi!
waiting for the A-footage
Does the lancet extending past the stylet help it saw into the wound and increase the amount of space the venom can contact?
Probably. I think it probably works to draw the stinger into the substrate. I think others have studied this aspect, maybe with wasps too?
@@AntLaboh right! I had imagined it as pushing a hypodermic needle in but at those scales is there more “digging” involved?
You need to work on the thumbnails and Title. Content is 🔥🔥🔥fire. This should have more views.
Could we have an assurance that 4 hours of getting bees to sting thin film rather than skin resulted in less to no casualties? I'd appreciate that.
Yes, their stingers do not get stuck in that wax film and they didn’t rip out when they flew away.
4 hours! Don't feel so bad waiting a couple of hours to film the leech sucking up a midge larva!
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🐝🐝🐝 Will join you in the effort!
BEADS!?
The only thing I would change about your channel is I would clone you and get a fleet of phantom cameras so I could watch hours and hours of your videos.
moar please!!!!
OH MY GOD. Why is she so careless? I watched her squish several bees by just doing her job.. Man, imagine thinking ONE life isnt worthy just because there are many..