1:00 | Bees attack invading wasp |
3:55 | Full load of nectar fills half the bee's abdomen |
4:10 | Forager feed household bee |
4:30 | 5 days for nectar to thicken and ripen into honey in storage cells, sealed with wax |
4:55 | Pollen stored in darker |
5:25 |
pollen cells mixed with honey to feed young |
6:25 |
Honey Bee waggle dance |
7:50 | 5 million flowers to make 1 pint of honey, most workers live 1 month |
9:20 |
Honey Bee drone is medium-sized, no stinger |
9:40 |
Honey Bee queen |
10:00 | First
mating flight when queen is 1 week old |
10:40 | Drone dies in the act of
mating |
10:50 |
Drone penis ripped out |
18:20 | Royal jelly |
25:30 |
Death's-head Hawkmoth shivers to warm up, mimics beehive scent and makes queen bee sounds to steal honey |
30:00 |
Mouse invades hive of wet, cold bees |
31:40 |
European Bee-eater unaffected by bee venom |
34:00 | Hornet raids nest |
34:50 | Only honey bee produces honey |
36:15 | First-born Queen fights a dozen royal sisters |
38:10 |
Queens try to sting each other |
39:00 | Fight is a draw, colony splits; swarming bees have nothing to protect |
42:40 | Cold water calms bees |
45:00 |
Honeydew can be turned into woodland honey |
45:10 |
Aphid honeydew prized by ants |
46:00 |
Antlion attacks ant |
46:50 | Bear raids nest; exposed hive plundered by ants |