SciShow
The Amazing and Delicate World of Bees
Yes, there is a chance they might sting you, but bees are incredibly vital to our ecosystem as we know it. Join Hank for a compilation of our favorite bee episodes—we know this one is a real stinger! We mean, zinger!
SciShow Kids
Busy Bees
You see them when it's warm outside, hanging out in flowers and working away. Bees! Check out what these buzzing insects are up to, and how you can tell the difference between a bumblebee and a honey bee.
Wonderscape
The Fascinating Language of Bees: Dance Communication and Pollination
Explore the intricate communication methods of honeybees, from the circle dance to the waggle dance, used to convey information about food sources to other members of the hive. Learn about the pivotal role of bees as pollinators in...
Wonderscape
The Fascinating World of Honeybees
Delve into the intriguing lives of honeybees and discover the secrets behind their remarkable abilities. From their unique physical characteristics to their impressive flying skills and defensive mechanisms, honeybees continue to...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Researchers Help Honeybees Keep Pollinating Our Food Crops
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture are studying ways to keep honeybees stress-free and healthy. These pollinators are important to American agriculture and our nation’s food crops. USDA’s Patrick O’Leary reports from...
NASA
NASA | Feeling the Sting of Climate Change
NASA's Wayne Esaias sees honeybees as important data collectors to help us understand our changing climate. Read about this story:Or get tweeted by NASA:
Next Animation Studio
Honeybees could help in clearing of 1990s Balkans war minefields
Researchers in Croatia have found a way that the humble honeybee can help to clear up a deadly legacy of the 1990s Balkan wars. The researchers are training the bees to help find landmines. The bees are trained by adding particles of TNT...
Maddie Moate
How to make a Bee Cafe! | Maddie Moate
Find out how to make a Bee Cafe! A one-pot stop for our pollinator friends no matter where you live. If you make your own Bee Cafe then send me photos, I'd love to see what you create!
Curated OER
Beneficial Pollinators
Hone in on the honeybee and learn how you can help these important pollinators from going extinct. Honeybees play an important role in plant growth; encourage your young biologists and environmentalists to see the significance of these...
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Animal Videos: Learn About Bees
A fascinating look at life inside a beehive. (Video Length: 2 min. 42 sec.)
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mister Chris and Friends: Honeybee
Mister Chris has finished his farm chores, and now he's ready for an adventure full of music and friends. Join him at the orchard to find out how honeybees turn apple blossoms into apples, then dance at the barn concert! [2:42]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Bees and Beekeeping
Get an update on the health of bee colonies, and find out about Colony Collapse Disorder, a malady devastating bee colonies around the country.
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Honey Bee Health
What lives inside the honeybee? UC San Francisco researchers are uncovering the bee microbiome, hoping to stop Colony Collapse Disorder. [4:18]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Bees Emerging After a Hard Winter
Apiculturist Eric Mussen discusses the plight of the modern honeybee and the threats the tiny pollinators face from disease and pesticides.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Getting the Springtime Buzz on Bees
A look at research into the behavior of bees as they work at pollinating flowers. Caffeine, which is present in nectar, turns out to be something that helps bees to remember types of flowers they have visited. Aired Mar. 8, 2013 [29:21 min]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Parasitic Fly Threatens Honey Bee Populations
A biologist discusses the behavior of a parasitic fly that can cause honey bees to behave erratically, then kill them.