Bees are going extinct...but not the ones you think 

The way this video GROSSLY understates the importance of neonicotinoids in the endangerement of bees is almost suspicious. You want proof ? They've just been outright BANNED in the entire European Union. This is shockingly bad, which is truly a shame for Verge Science because you were really putting out great content and The Verge has some really great people in it. But if I see a video that's downplaying SO much the importance of pesticides of the most influential companies in the world, I'm going to start asking whether I should trust The Verge at all.

Verge Science the media is pretty damn inaccurate

Science daily just stated that this has changed.

Verge Science LifeNoggin I'm watching this video from Australia. I haven't heard any NEWS about bees on my T.V. 😕. 🐝🌷👨‍🔬👨‍🏫🥑🍑♻️ℹ

Verge Science an interesting thing to note is that bees are actually an invasive species they are not native to north America and when they were brought here they started taking food sources that native polenizers and yes those exist were made much more rare

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agreed. the simple solution in those almond orchards is to create thousands of bee oases scattered within the orchard that have mason bee nesting boxes. plant native flowers in those oases that will start flowering as soon as the almonds finish flowering so the mason bees have food to continue their lives and finish laying their eggs for the season. easy peasy, a 1-time expense (loss of some trees, for sure, to make the space for the oases, but overall, a healthier ecosystem, and self-sustaining bee population that saves them the money from eventually being able to cease renting honeybees.) the honeybee solution is basically a hammer. being stewards of wild bees, on the other hand, is a more delicate tool.

yeh crazy! Especially when so many of those crops are going to feed livestock! The grain subsidy system in America is SERIOUSLY broken! Cattle can be raised just as efficiently on grass as on crops if properly managed, meaning they split the total area into 100 or so paddocks & move the animals each day & leave the other 99 paddocks at different stages of growing back. The result of this also means, as a bonus, that there is always at least a few paddocks with mature grasses & flowers for the bees. Here's a video with a beekeeper talking about/showing it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CxoRlLLzJtU.html small scale, but it works large scale too, so yeh, rip up all those cropfields going to cattle food & replace them with diverse native species for rotational grazing & mix some other flowers or flowering food crops in with those almonds, or again do strips within the orchard that are left natural & have a few full time grazers in there systematically moving area to area, so as to cause the grasses to keep returning to flower. I mean heck, even just alternate almonds & apples or other fruits with different pollination seasons & leave the bees there eating their honey reserves between seasons (not good, the added natural stuff would clearly be superior, but even this has to be better than current doesn't it?)

Adrian Vandiver Specialisation is great, other than when the implementation is the detriment to long term sustainability and ecology. Then you need to adjust accordingly but unfortunately unless forced to most won't as it impacts profits.

Yeah - we would have liked to dig deeper into the plight of wild pollinators - that's a 10+ minute video! Or maybe a companion piece to this one. The big idea behind this video was more the industrial scale of honey bees, which wasn't something we quite realized before reporting this story.

As usual the focus is on the bees that make humans honey and fuel a billion dollar industry at the expense of their wild cousins who tend to be better pollinators, better for the environment, etc. Being put at risk by competition from 'honey'-bees competing for the same food and spreading their domestic diseases to the wild cousins.

also no mention of the western honey bee being an invasive species that tends to kill off other pollinators.

Yeah, Honey Bees are the problem... I wanted and still want some but it harms the native bees.

Christian Tullius - That's not wrong. Managing a species to get crops to flourish. I'm so glad the figured out the stressors. In the meantime, while studying this, they discovered the wild pollinators face a challenge as well. So, thanks guys. Good work.

Robbie Cecil Thanks for shedding light on the real problem.

I know right!but hey they say they want to do that in another video

Robbie Cecil no they are way worse

Glad someone knows what's up.

I have apiary and all around it are other type of bees and bumblebees and butterflies. The domestic bees go on mass crops. Unlike them other pollinators go on specific flowers that the bees ignore because there isn't enough of them. The problem is in the autumn when there is no food for anybody. Then the other pollinators could be in danger.

Mike Jones actually they do! Read Tom Seeley’s “Honeybee Democracy” 🐝🍃

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Oh boy, they are so screwed!

Or hear him talk about it :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JnnjY823e-w.html

Actually a hive will remove a queen and replace her if she's not doing a good job.

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Just be carefull that you dont smash the wild bees, or you are contributing to a widespread problem m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kf2-86o5S1o.html

I think that's just in case a wasp or something is trying to maul you

No, it was a tip for courting your mom.

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He did use some smoke, which scrambles bees' alarm pheromones and keeps them calm. But, fun fact, the variety of bees common on the West Coast tend to be more calm in general. Cue jokes about chill California bees... ~Will

Verge Science they're bee'ing cool about it. It was worth it x'D

Celix seleton must also have some really beeg balls

the wonderful gentle not so giants. bees are amazing creatures and fascinating.

Most beekeepers are comfortable thought any gloves. It makes you more careful and deliberate not to injure a bee. Beekeeping is hot work. Most Beeks only have a veil on with short and short sleeves. Bees by nature are not 'on the attack' or looking to die themselves.

Yes! The macro close-ups of the insects, the birds eye view of the orchard, the slow motion bee footage! I could watch that **** on a loop. I didn't expect to be so relaxed. I want to go to this orchard for a break!

and very well researched.

+Ryan Huang: Except for the "bunch of newscasters saying the same term edited back-to-back" thing at 2:15, which is a technique that's lost its effectiveness through overuse (they even put über-cliché "Breaking News sting" music under it). The rest was very nice, though, especially the cool "traveling matte" effect at the beginning of the video. BTW, apropos trivia item: the first film to use a traveling matte effect was 1922's "Wild Honey"! 🐝🍯

It's true...honey bees may not be going extinct, but beekeepers really are threatened by how hard it's gotten to maintain their colonies. Lots of researchers like Bernardo are working on technologies and other interventions to keep beekeeping viable. Hopefully things turn around for your dad's colonies!

Verge Science Thanks, hopefully the colonies do get better! Where can I follow up on Bernardo’s research?

Bernardo is involved in UC Davis's "bee lab" (run by his wife, elninobeelab.ucdavis.edu/), and is also working on some tech over at ubees.com.

Varroa mites are hell

meh, it's all monsanto. but they're too big to fail soooo. I live where there is no agriculture to speak of, little pesticide use, no monoculture, no and little to no habitat loss. Yet wild bumblebees seem to be less each year. Something else is going on.

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Will do! :D Have a grand day!

That is actually a potential solution in the future...although perhaps we’re a long way away from robotic bees that are cheep enough to use in mass like that.

@@TommoCarroll you to

Dillon Travis cause that’s the main pollinator for food crops the media is flipping about dummy and that’s what a large portion of America believes.

Dillon Travis the western honey bee are technically as an invasive species that was brought here by Europe for their honey and they’re out competing native polionaters

@@bmchromo2131 You mean BEElieves?

So you missed the few clips of other pollinators.

VERY GOOD VIDEO @VERGESCIENCE

You can encourage them and build little homes for them, As far as keeping them i don't think it can be done.

Bee hotels can be built, I drilled holes in a block of cedar and leafcutter bees have started nesting in it

Certainly not Obama and his crew. The last week of his presidency the EPA flung the doors wide open on neonicotinoids. Obama made Bush Jr. look like a treehugger with the shenanigans his EPA pulled.

You don't necessarily need to keep/introduce wild pollinators, you need to plant habitat for them, that's the trick. Plants that have flowers that those pollinators are attracted to. Herbicides and pesticides are both problems, when you spray pesticides it kills EVERYTHING, even the insects you want. It is also a problem in our local parks, we plant plants for flowers that are just ornamental and aren't suitable for attracting beneficial insect pollinators.

It really is! It was interesting Verge waited so long to branch out into another channel like this - but worth the wait!!!

I love bees and science in general, so ya, like this channel!

Manish Sanikop bit too much filler

Yeah

hahhaha

I know right. I just grab a can of gasoline and pour it on the entire nest, light it, and say, "I bet you wont be stinging me again", as I laugh maniacally.

If its invading your house, yes. We want the bees outside pollinating, not inside where they will sting you, and probably not find their way out, and starve to death anyway.

Does cooking with aluminum cause this too!?

I smashed 🐝

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I just squished bees

Smush

pls no sting

I agree

The bats are showing us the result. I used to see thousands of bats flying around at dusk. I saw one the other day, the first one in about ten years.

The honeybees are not but native bees are tho

It's just one bee. The main issue is about the bigger picture of colony collapse.

No I'm not, im going to cry, thank you very much

Apparently, you've never been stung🐝 😂

@@looseburger4515 Not only do they sting, they usually choose a sensitive spot, like the skin between your fingers or your ear.

Welcome!

Charmander 101 i love his channal

Grace Motley lol i didn't notice

Yes, this word is used to refer to a small male child.

El niño Bernadito

Lol

LMAO....

Um, yes they are. Pretty much every state monitors them. When Queens go on their mating flight, they will mate with an Africanized drone over an non-Africanized.

It's africanized

@@auburnalum9019 sounds like a lot of white women i know too.

RizzyWow like the ones in black mirror

Yeah right

AI is just a software technique in classification and clustering. You need to learn about topics first before you try to sound "informed".

And could be hacked to use as a weapon... or the AI could go awry and attack as well. It's best to preserve the life here, for us and the bees.

I see you watched Black Mirror as well.

Came here from Vox too! :D

RUMOUR PLAYS# well you are killing bees by loving honey..

CLAW WER oh!!! Btw can you sub me?

nah sry man. I only sub to people I enjoy watching... Keep growing tho.. you'll find the viewers that like what yah do

CLAW WER ok! Thx

This channel isn't very popular *yet*, so becoming before 1000 views is easy :p

Who cares ?

Tully maybe your the only one of the losers who have nothing better to do

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naz salabarria clearly😊

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