Curated OER
Killer Bees
Learn about the killer bees in Central America's rainforests in this fantastic video. It discusses why these native honey bees are in danger and why it is important to keep them safe!
Curated OER
Pollination, Plants and Insects
The pollination of milkweed involves a high risk for the bees and butterflies involved. Though the nectar is sweet and delicious, the pollen is very sticky. If a bee is not strong enough to pull the pollen free, he will be stuck and die....
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Inside the Bee Hive
Take a daring dive into the depths of a bee hive to observe how these large colonies work together to gather pollen to produce honey. These bees are busy indeed and even have their own way of communicating. Check out this video to learn...
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Giant Honey Bees - Life in the Undergrowth
The biggest of all honey bees are shown in this video: the giant honey bee. A brave researcher reaches extremely tall heights to show viewers how the bees protect themselves.
Curated OER
Bee vs. Jumping Spider
Watch this battle between the jumping spider and an oblivious honey bee. Viewers will see how these jumping spiders use all eight of their eyes and all eight of their legs to hunt.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye The Science Guy on Insects
Queen Latifah makes a cameo in this Bill Nye episode on insects. The facts taught are that the queen bee is in charge of a bee colony, ants can dig tunnels, and exoskeletons support, strengthen, and protect the insect's body. While you...
Curated OER
Elmo's World: Imagine Bugs
Dorothy the fish has a great imagination. Today she imagines Elmo as a spider, a firefly, and a bee.
Curated OER
Nancy Odell: Pollinate
With Nancy Odell's help, students learn what pollination means. She interviews a bee and a flower to ask them to describe pollination. A bee then talks about how he takes pollen from one flower to another. It's a creative way to discuss...
Curated OER
Honeybee Hullaballoo
Bees and honey are discussed in this film. As children dance the Honeybee Hullaballoo, a narrator explains the process of pollination and how bees make honey.
PBS
Career Connections | Agricultural Inspector
See what the buzz is all about! A short video details what it is like to be an agricultural inspector who specialized in apiaries.
TED-Ed
Licking Bees and Pulping Trees: The Reign of a Wasp Queen
The life of a wasp queen is detailed in a short animated video that follows her attempts to emerge from hibernation, locate a nesting place, and create a new colony.
California Academy of Science
Why Protect Pollinators?
Would you rather having biting flies or chocolate? The question may seem absurd, but cocoa trees rely on pollination from biting flies. Viewers come to understand the importance of pollinators to our food supply, flowers, and entire...
American Chemical Society
Why Do Wasps Attack?
If you smell bananas, run! A short video from the ACS Reactions channel explains why wasps attack when one wasp feels danger. It then switches over to bees and shows why alarm pheromones make hives smell like bananas when bees get ready...
American Chemical Society
Did You Know Honey is Really Bee Puke?
Despite the title, here is a video that makes honey even sweeter! Biology scholars journey inside a beehive with a fascinating video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. Pupils learn about the social structure of a...
The Brain Scoop
Insect Adventure, Part 2
Scholars look forward to using the pooter, otherwise known as an aspirator, to collect insects. The video demonstrates how to collect bugs in mesh nets, canvas nets, and in pooters to better study them. The second installment of a...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
The Death Of Bees Explained—Parasites, Poison and Humans
Maybe instead of humans dying off from a war, they will die as a result of a lack of food. The video discusses this possibility and why it is becoming more likely. It explains the importance of bees and the many different ways humans...
Deep Look
This Vibrating Bumblebee Unlocks a Flower's Hidden Treasure
Some plants lock their pollen up until feeling the correct password. The video explains buzz pollination and how it differs from the pollination of other types of flowering plants. It lists multiple plants that require it and...
SciShow
Wasp Nests and Bee Hives
It turns out that wasps and bees have a lot more in common that the word ouch! Junior entomologists explore the similarities and differences between flying, stinging insects with the 136th installment in a 143-part series of science...
MinuteEarth
This Is Not A Bee
Is it a bee or not a bee? That seems to be the question of a video lesson that explains how insects such as flies and moths mimic the coloring of bees. The narrator discusses the purpose of the coloring in association to predators.
SciShow Kids
Like Fruit? Thank a Bee!
Bees play a crucial role in pollination. In fact, without bees, a lot of fruits and vegetables would not exist if it weren't for bees. Watch a video that explains and demonstrates how bees pollinate plants.
Be Smart
Why Are The Bees Dying?
Honeybees fly at 15 miles per hour — not bad for such a small animal! These speedy llittle creatures are the subject of a video that shows viewers how honeybees are incredibly important in the pollination world. The narrator...
SciShow
The 3 Coolest Things Built By Bugs
What can we learn about architecture from bugs? Turns out a great deal. A video covers three brilliant structures designed and created by bugs. It begins with the honeycomb with perfect hexagons. Next, it covers termite mounds on a...
SciShow
What's Happening to Honey Bees?
Worker bees used to disappear at a rate of around 5 percent per year; then in 2006 that number jumped to 30 percent, and, by 2013, it was as high as 50 percent. The video focuses on what is happening to the honey bees. It considers...
SciShow
What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Democracy
While the United States has a representative democracy, honeybees have a true democracy. The video explains how honeybees vote, how they research their decision making process, and the importance of influencing others. It also describes...