Learning Mole
Insects and Humans
This video will take students through the relationship that humans have with insects, and how we affect each other.
Curated Video
IPM: Helping Honey Bees Overcome Pests and Pesticides
New ReviewThis segment introduces Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a holistic strategy combatting the multiple threats to honey bees, including pesticide exposure, pests, pathogens, and poor nutrition. It highlights IPM techniques like timing...
Curated Video
Pesticides, Pests, and Pollinators: A Delicate Balance
New ReviewThis segment examines how pesticides used in agriculture to combat pests like aphids can harm honey bees, essential for pollination. It explains the dilemma farmers face: needing to protect crops while preserving beneficial insects...
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Agriculture: Harnessing Plants' Natural Defenses to Protect Crops
New ReviewScientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany are revolutionizing crop protection by harnessing plants' natural defenses to combat insect pests. Through innovative methods like using mechanical worms to simulate caterpillar attacks...
Curated Video
Ode to the Parsnip!
Let us introduce you to the Parsnip, a lesser known vegetable that provides many ecological functions in the landscape. In Marisha Auerbach's garden in Portland, OR, the Parsnip was planted over ten years ago. It self-seeds every year,...
Food Farmer Earth
Introducing Insectary Plants for Your Garden
From the archives: growing food comes with its own inherent risks. One of them, who ultimately gets the food that’s grown, you or the wildlife?
Ancient Lights Media
Genetic Engineering: Positives & Negatives of Transgenic Plants
This clip looks at some of the beneficial and harmful aspects of transgenic plants.
Curated Video
"Plant a Garden!" Music Video
New ReviewThe "Plant a Garden" song motivates children to support honey bees by cultivating diverse flower gardens. It teaches that such gardens offer vital sustenance for bees, promoting a pesticide-free approach to protect these essential...
Curated Video
The Buzz on Pollination: How Honey Bees Power Agriculture
New ReviewThis segment explores the vital role of honey bees in pollinating a wide variety of foods and producing honey. It highlights the threats to bee populations, known as the Four P’s: pesticides, pests, pathogens, and poor nutrition....
Curated Video
Raiders of the Lost Hive - Part 2
New ReviewThe Boneheads embark on a mission to save honey bees and restore ecological balance. Despite Bonehead's distractions with dreams of grandeur, his friends T-Bone and Wishbone help keep him focused. Together, they navigate challenges to...
Curated Video
Raiders of the Lost Hive - Part 1
New ReviewIn this animated adventure, children explore the world of honey bees alongside characters parodying Indiana Jones and The Terminator. The villain, JP Rothbone, introduces a robotic pollinator to replace disappearing bees, threatening...
Curated Video
IPM: Combating Pathogens and Improving Bee Nutrition
New ReviewThis final segment of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) series showcases how IPM effectively addresses not just pest control and pesticide reduction but also crucial challenges like the Deformed Wing Virus and nutritional deficits in...
Curated Video
How Pathogens and Poor Nutrition Affect Honey Bees
New ReviewThis segment delves into how pathogens, particularly the Deformed Wing Virus transmitted by Varroa mites, detrimentally affect honey bee health and their critical role in ecosystems. It illustrates the compounded risks bees face from...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Feedback loops: How nature gets its rhythms - Anje-Margriet Neutel
While feedback loops are a bummer at band practice, they are essential in nature. What does nature's feedback look like, and how does it build the resilience of our world? Anje-Margriet Neutel describes some common positive and negative...