THIS Plant Species Will Make You Believe in God 

This is an excellent video that makes its point very well. However, there is one flaw, but perhaps a lot of people won't realize it. I'm an entomologist, and the problem I see is that it portrays honey bees as if they are the bees (or at least among the bees) that engage in pseudocopulation with this orchid...but the honey bees one sees in the field are all workers (i.e., females), so they are not attracted by the pseudopheromones the flower produces. It is actually a species of a solitary bee (males of Eucera longicornis, so named because of the very long antennae) that is 'targeted' by this plant. The video also shows bumble bees (mostly males of Bombus pascuorum) that visit various flowers but are not specifically targeted by this plant. I mention this because, although I'm a Christian, many unbelieving colleagues would tend to be dismissive of the message if encountering such "poetic license".

This video just tells me that we don't fully understand, and indeed greatly underestimate the plant kingdom.

For me it's the biggest, biggest lie on earth ever to claim there's no creator. They say: all has developed by accident. What an absolutely silly assumption. No one is as blind as someone who doesn't want to see. THANKS very much for all your great videos on the subjekt that we have a creator beyond imagination.

So it's basically the "look at the trees"-argument with extra steps

It's like the orchids had a meeting and decided on how to pull off this elaborate scheme.

A plant is going to make me believe in a god. That's crazy talk

Normally the female worker bees are the pollinators, and the male bees do nothing but look for other queens. It’s incredible that there’s a flower that gets male bees to pollinate it!

I am always moved to joyful tears at the Majesty and Glory of our God in heaven , for his Glory rains down from his throne in heaven and blesses all the Earth for it is his footstool. It is right to give God blessing , praise and thanksgiving . Worship the Lord our God in heaven, for he alone is worthy ! Amen

Sounds like the ultimate proof of evolution

The creator loves bees because we would bee dead without them because we are fed by them 🐝💖🤗

This is actually a good example of how evolution actually works. The necessity of the plants reproduction influenced mutation that resulted in higher likelihood of pollination in its environment through that particular mechanism.

When the Bible is someone’s main reference. Run

As an artist at young age i instantly knew creator is around us

"Have you considered I dont understand how evolution works?" pretty much every anti-evolution argument I've ever seen

Real talk though, this guy would make a great nature commentary channel if he wasnt so caught up on this creation thing

Guys, plants can still sense photons (particles of light) across the electromagnet spectrum. They PHOTOsynthesize. They can tell the differences in colors based on how much light theyre recieving and what wavelength it is. I thought this would be common sense...

Not only that, but the flower would have to be able to adapt, in real time, as the bees also "evolve" in order for an evolutionary symbiosis of this type to be plausible. Which would make a blind plant that cannot see color and shape, feel fur, or in any meaningful way differentiate a bee from any other insect upon it, somehow have innate knowledge of how to attract and deceive a bee, to reproduce.

6:56 Good question, and interesting video. The answer, I think, is that both the flower and the bees changed slightly over generations like father/son and at the same time over thousands of generations or more and the odd-ball flowers that adapted some aspects of these strange traits had an advantage in reproducing due to their effectiveness, and thus we saw more of them over time whereas their ancestors may have died out. Clearly, this exact method of reproduction is not required for survival but the reason it was developed will always be simply because it ended up being reproduced/having a child, which is the driving force of "evolution." The more effective at reproduction, the more successful a species tends to be. In general, this plant has the same reproductive process as most plants, namely: 1. get a bug to step on the male powder, and then get that bug to happen to step on the female flower parts, thus fertilizing the egg. The more silly stuff plants can do to make this happen the better, scents happen to work pretty well.

At 5:56 the narrator asks a bunch of questions that basically defines evolution. Like, "why bother evolving all these mechanism that require extra resources. Leading to vulnerabilities to extinction". YES and they do. That is almost the definition of natural selection. If competition out competes a species it will either harshly evolve (with only the best alternative surviving) or more likely go extinct (if the collapse of the species is to sudden). With such short lifespans, we only see the result of evolution. Not the process.

God's creation is to marvelous for words. We only understand a fraction the the dynamics of nature and the intertwining of plant life and the animal kingdom. And to understand that these symbiotic relationships continued after the flood to afford man survival ...speaks to the mercy of God.

Real empirical science is repeatability testable and proven true and all truth leads us to the Ultimate Truth, we are not an accident, we're created beings living in the creation of our Creator/God. Lies lead to hell, but the truth leads us to our Maker!!! ~ Excellent video, thank you.

When god just wanted to say "I know you are all having a hard time right now but I thought this might make you smile". Thanks guys good job👍😄

Nobody has to prove there is no God, when those who claim there is one cannot ever demonstrate there is one.

i buy honey by the 5 gal. bucket from local producers and use it instead of sugar in the foods i cook , both my grandfather and uncle and father all kept bees, i travel around the states and am always buy honey where ever i find it, the one i think about and talk about the most is Mangrove honey that i bought when i was in the Florida Keys harvested from wild bees it was very rich sweet dark honey. it is a super health food

The beautiful Ophrys apifera has become much more common in UK over the last few decades, presumably because the climate is drying and becoming more continental. Around 35 years ago I found one in Flintshire and reported it to the BSBI (Botanical Society of the British Isles) county recorder. He went out in his car and confirmed it. The recorders wouldn't bother now, at least not in Flintshire. The bee orchids are so much more frequent it wouldn't be worth it.

I’ve always wondered how Plumbuses were made

Nice. Love it. And wow just wow.

I like the intent in this video, but I needed to make a correction if you'll allow me. As you said the description of flower and bee reproduction was simplified, but you omit to mention that worker bees are all female. The drones (male bees) reproduce the colony with the queen, but the honey collection is done by female bees. It changes your illustration but makes God's design even more amazing. Thanks.

God is so wonderful! How great thou art God! I am fearfully and wonderfully made and you have made all things well! Praise your holy name!

God is so awesome and his creation declare his glory! Praise God for the beauties of sunshine and animals and diverse strange plants 😂 God has unlimited creative power and it has pleased him to create a world inhabited by immortal human souls whom he wishes to redeem unto himself and enjoy eternal communion with. Blessed be God my maker Amen

Great vid! But the question is, which god made the flower..

It’s not like I need to see this in order to believe in God. But there’s certainly one thing and it’s that God’s creations never stop amazing me. God is the CREATOR of creators, King of kings, the only TRUE God! My soul blesses Jehovah!

Great video. Thanks for working so hard to show the glory and truth of God's works. ❤ 👏

In the effort to make this storey sound "elementary", I think some clarification needs to be made. Correct me if I'm wrong, Calvin, but my understanding is that all worker bees is that they are all female, but non-procreative. Queen bees are egg laying females and male "drones" mate with the queen and are later forced out of the hive. I'm partway through the video, so I'll have to see how things develop. So, the "simplification" of the bees in the first part sets up the actual explanation of the plant, the "true hero" of the storey. That works for me. I enjoyed the video. Thanks!

Which god out of the 20.000+ gods humans have invented through history, are we talking about?

Just another great video.

"Then sings my soul, my Savior, God to thee - how great Thou art, how *great* Thou art!"

Every time a man faces a problem he can't figure out today he calls it God instead of waiting for tomorrow for his senses to sharpen.

Fun fact: historically, every single person who claimed "this is unexplainable to human knowledge, therefore god is the only answer" has been proven wrong and reduced to ridicule by the progress of human knowledge.

Heh. At least a dozen people have explained in detail the process by which this flower evolved including posting published scientific research on the subject. Mr. Smith still stands here with his fingers in his ears going *NUH-UH!* What a wonderful example of his commitment to educating himself.

The flowers are almost exclusively self-pollinating in the northern ranges of the plant's distribution, however pollination by the solitary bee Eucera longicornis occurs in the Mediterranean region, where Ophrys apifera is more common. E. longicornis males have been observed attempting to copulate with the flowers,

Evolutionists have two explanations: It took billions of years and we don't understand everything yet.

I have done Maths, Biology, General Physics, Chemistry, History and Geography, and there are just too many coincidences called out by scientists for those "theories" to be ultimately logically feasible. Until "science" catches up with the logics of existence, I will rest my faith in God as the creator of all things great (universes and stars) and small (quarks and muons).

Excellent video 💯💯👏👏

Real scientists: We're still working on our understanding of this incredible mimicry system. To understand will require much more research, experimentation and observation. These guys: God made flower look like bee, all dun.

❤❤❤❤ amazing find thank you so much ! Giving all th glory to Yah

This isn’t evidence of creation, it’s evidence that our understanding of evolution may be incomplete. I believe Michael Levin’s “Bio-electric” model holds the key to understanding and will eventually lead to a paragraph shift

The degree of ignorance in these comments (and the video) about how evolution works is honestly mind-boggling. This is actually evidence FOR evolution. Nothing to do with your fantasies.

Let me try to bring this into prospective with a timeline that’s more comprehensive: the car 🚗 Creationist explanation: Here’s a car 🚘 look how complex all the systems are in order for it to run. It must have been built by God. Evolutionist explanation: here’s a car 🚘. Although it seems complexed, all of the systems that run the car, were painstakingly built by trial and error, over a hundred years. Good ideas, like air conditioning and power steering were added, improved upon, and became standard. Bad ideas like inefficient engines, rubber tires, and leaded fuel, existed at one time, but were discarded once better technology came into existence. A person would be hard-pressed to find a”rubber” tire or “leaded” fuel today.

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6:11 This flower is so crazy! It looks like a spider, a bee, a duck, and probably other things to other people!

Great job answers in Genesis.

This is a great series. Thank you AIG. And yes, various flavours in Aussie honey are a delight!

I dont know why this plant was evolved this way but i can definitely believe that it was evolved. Evolution is a long process and inefficient and it probably went like this 1. A few bees helped the plant spread its seeds 2. Because the plant now has an advantage if the bee keeps spreading it seeds it develops bee-like features 3. A bunch of plants together now form a co-population mechanism to better their gene pool 4. Were done! Very simple, because im not studying this topic, but you can create a bee without seeing a bee, if you have a million years of guessing. If the long track of orchids made a bee red, they would simple be wrong and die, if it made it yellow, good, it will now stay yellow forever with exceptions because of mutations. Evolution isnt like learning. You cant teach evolution. Evolution does random stuff, makes things longer, shorter, a different color, shape, size, anything, and if it works it works, if it dosnt, it dosnt, then it tries again for the next generation. If anything it being dependent on bee’s for growth is a proof that god dosnt against. If being dependent on the bee’s on a time-period is more beneficial it will simply be dependent on the bee’s who would bother? They will never switch out of the bee-cupid archetype because its their local proxima and switching needs changes that make them worse. This makes SO MUCH SENSE to me. Evolution dosnt listen to logic because its not logical. Again its a tinkerer. It’ll answer 5+6 with Is it 1? Is it 2? Is it 3? Is it 4? On and on and on until it gets it right. Then if the answer to 5+6 changes because all the bees ran away and now they cant mate, they will be guessing too slowly to cope with the pressure and die. Simply die Wow! What intelligent design god! Seriously good job! It goes to show that none of the people behind this video knew anything about evolution before making this video. And then pertend to know all about it in there critique. Almost all of their videos are like this and it only confirms my beliefs in atheism because this is the competition.

The best part of this video is when an entomologist in the comments explained how it's all lies.

Through those older eyes this was designed to repopulate the bees

I am a christian, but this, as all evolution, has an explanation. The flower does not need to see a bee to mimic it. The flowers which look like a bee, will be the ones most likely to survive (due to the bee being attracted to them). Therefore just one flower with this mutation will reproduce, thus resulting in this symbiosis between the bee and flower.

great vid 👏👏👏

congrats you found a symbiotic relationship something that can be FULLY explained by evolution

A Christian never compares or contrasts the over 100 creation stories. The decided they have the right one without research. If they did their fable would be seen as just another fable.

Good Grief! This is comedy gold.

I've never heard of that flower. pretty amazing

Its comes down to this, you have two options: The world is going to end and there is no God or salvation so we're screwed The world is going to end but God exists and he wants us to be saved I choose God and its up to you to discern which God is the real one, personally the christain God is the only one that is consistent and logical.

God is so great!✝️✝️✝️💟

How did the plant "know" to evolve this way? Those that didn't evolve that feature were unable to pass down their genes. That's how.

Please explain the role of Drones and worker bees in the fertilising of the flower orchid, surely both visit the flower orchid or does the Pheromone scent keep the female worker bees away so the orchid is solely dependent on the drone. Does the flower operate the Pheromone attraction during the time the drone is expelled from the hive?

Only the drone bee gets to mate with the queen, who has the larvae. Worker bees aren’t out mating anything.

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My lawn was full of dandelions. When I mowed the lawn all of the flower stems would be cut. But some dandelions had short flower stems and were not cut. At the end of summer only short, stemmed dandelions grew and procreated. Given enough time long stem and short stem plants may not be able to breed with each other at all. Becoming two separate species. It is simple to understand if you wanted.

So god made sex dolls for bees...lolz

"Wow, look at how amazing this plant is! I can't explain how it came to be, must have been the magical sky unicorn" What an absolute joke.

What shown is this?? Lovely want to watch it with my kids right now tonight

Amen. HALLELUJAH!!! 🙌✝️❤️‍🔥

It is more difficult to explain some forms of evolution than others. Has anyone explained how God came into existence? Did he evolve? We have evidence of the existence of flowers and bees but non for a God.

Ahh … the old “ don’t understand how it works so I’ll just give up and say a God made it “ 😂

The background music is so good lol

The real question is... wich god is the correct one?

Just looking at the flower before watching the video made me think that the flower was mimicking a giraffe, which is of course pretty silly and is good for a real laugh! The actual explanation is really awesome and a bit silly too. By the way I thought most bees were female, does it attract females of the species as well?

Fascinating video.

Realigios guy: "This plant/animal/limb is so smart. It must have been created by a creator". - "Is it smarter than God?" - "Oh no. God is even smarter". - "So it must be that God was created as well" - "..."

Could it simply be that what we see now is 2 species, one plant, one animal, that e v o l v e d t o g e t h e r, bit by bit. In other words, two species that were always similar relative to one and the other but started out as very simple life forms.

Great video. Thank You. I always learn so much from you. Today is no different. I did not know that bees had sex.🤭

9:00 _"Evolutionary biology in contrast with physics and chemistry is a historical science"_ That's obviously wrong. Evolution happens under our eyes in the lab... Every biology student gets to see it happening first hand...

I don't believe in Santa anymore ..😂😂😂

The wisdom of this world is indeed foolishness to God. If He didn't love us so much, you could imagine Him laughing at men's folly. But instead it grieves Him that so many will be lost

Don’t mind me, just an atheist looking for fellow atheists in the comment section

5:28 Dude looks _SUPER_ pumped to be on camera!

"How could a flower mimic a bee that it can't see, smell, or feel?" Because the flower isn't the one deciding where to land. If one didnt look or smell like a bee, the bee wouldn't land there and that flower would fail to pass on its genetic code

Love it!

Which God?

They always start with the premise “it must be unguided” before they begin crafting their narrative. In that case, they aren’t open to inquiry at all. They’ve already decided.

Outstanding!

I watched it and I still don’t believe in god.

Wow! Shows you how amazing evolution is!

1:48 Fantastic intro!

I'm confused now. I have learned that the pollinating honey bee is never a drone (male bee), but always a female bee. So it should be called Mrs Bee in your video. Or did I get something wrong?

This is more, "I can't explain it therefore god" stuff. Not sure why this is in my feed.

Humans have a particular type of intelligence called "pattern recognition." We are incredibly superior at seeing patterns in things... even when there isn't any.

Anyone know the name of the song fromthe beginning of the video?

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