We Now Have TOO MANY Bees (You Read That Right) | Lightning Round

After years of panic over the collapse of bee colonies across the world, we seem to have a new problem - in the US anyway. We talk about that today as well as new Bigfoot footage, the problem of misinformation on YouTube, and some interesting insights into how and when humans gain self-awareness.

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0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Bigfoot
4:54 - Honeybees
8:55 - YouTube Misinformation
12:34 - Geothermal
17:05 - Human Awareness
22:31 - Sponsor - Givewell

[randallrobertson]

A local beekeeper told me about this trick when I was setting up my apiari. He said not to import any non local bees into the area, as the local population was already adapted to the weather and the local flora. Instead, he recommended I use lemongrass oil to attract local populations to the hives. I tried it, and it worked. I'm just passing that on to anyone interesting in taking up this crazy hobby, lol.

[EEVblog]

We had a rating system for Youtube misinformation, it was called the Dislike Count

[clarimm]

6:13 in Europe, there's actually also a problem with bees. We now have too many domesticated honey bees while the several species of wild honey bees are dying out. The increase in domesticated honey bees is causing the wild honey bees to loose their territories. So it's not the same problem per se but it still sucks

[ProgressiveRoxx]

One of my earliest memories is of telling my family about a dream I had the night before and being surprised that my big brother (who featured in the dream) did not remember it. It was the first time I realised that my dreams were only in my head, and it blew my mind.

[LoreMIpsum-vsdx]

Joe, your gentle reasonableness, humor, kindness, humility, and ability to lay out facts cogently are such a force of good in this insane time we find ourselves in. I'm not sure how much you are aware of it. You are amazing.

[NerdOutWithMe]

Don't often comment, but I've been watching your channel with my kids for years. I know it's a grind, YouTube and all that comes with it. But just wanted to say we are thankful you and your crew are still chugging along. Hope you have a great holiday, Joe.

[TheChroniclesOfYarnia]

The big foot 🦶 is the local sheriff, he admits to it proudly. It’s how he is serving his town bringing tourism and smiles 😅. I love it 🥰

[dpop]

My great-grandfather was a beekeeper, he had about 8 hives and he told me amazing stories about the bees, I grew up to love and respect them, and today my garden is full of plants bees love, so in hot seasons it is like an airport there, every split of a second some bee lands and another departure. Happy Christmas.

[themagic]

10 years mate!! Congratulations. Very proud of you and this channel for everything you have taught us. Here is to 10 more years! Cheers!

[jk-video]

Joe, geothermal for individual housing units is much simpler. You use a heat pump and you bury water tubes in the ground (on your own property). Because the temperature a particular distance (not sure what the distance is) below the frost line tends to be about a constant 55 degrees, the heat pump works pretty well. This supposedly works for both cooling in the summer and heating in the winter.

[ashleykabbes]

I used to worry about seeing so many Bumble bees in my garden and so few honey bees until I learned this about the honey bees and it completely eased my worry. I enjoyed seeing all the Bumble bees chilling in my garden, falling asleep on my flowers like sleepy little flying puppies! What a joy to see them in my garden!!! They love butterfly bushes and marigolds!! They were also wonderful for my vegetable garden!

[Merennulli]

The part that upsets me most is the bees that commercially pollinate our food never declined. The panic was about colony collapse syndrome which did worryingly take out whole colonies without explanation at the time, leading to worries IF it started to spread faster than the growth of the beekeeping industry. But while individual beekeepers were hurt, every year of that panic saw an increase in colonies. Meanwhile, outcry over those same bees killing off local pollinators was largely ignored or was mistaken for a call to help apiary bees.

[FatalityPWN]

What there need to be are more native/wild bees. Its crazy how the problems been so misrepresented.

[DavidFrostbite]

I feel like the "Is your green the same as my green" thought usually hits somewhere in early elementary school.
Alongside "how would you tell someone what red looked like if they had never seen red before"
And "what if there are other colors than what you can see"
We would swap mind blowing questions during recess like tiny little stoners passing a blunt.

[kneekoo]

Germany found a simple solution: more food! The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture studied the issue, and decided to make educational material about the bees and their favourite foods (flower species), which they recommend. They call this program "Feed the bees!" Now seed sellers have packages with these "bee-friendly" seeds (very cheap, by the way) that you can plant in your garden or wherever you have access, and there's plenty of food for them.

[randommadness]

That big foot is a guy in a homemade ghilly suit. I wore mine once to go hunting in the hills behind my house. When I walked outside, I scared the life out of a group of kids who all ran away shouting "Swamp monster" was funny as hell, but I had to get up the hills quickly cause I didn't want to speak to the parents who were all coming out lol😂

[anthellis]

Fun game to play. It’s called the “what not” game. Every time Joe says “what not”, you take a shot. I think he said it 8 times in this video. Play with caution. lol. Happy anniversary Joe. Been learning from you for years.

[danr]

My smart phone camera knows if I'm taking a photo of a person, so it adjusts to make a great photo. Likewise it knows if it's a Bigfoot or UFO and makes adjustments to be out of focus!

[chrisstott]

We use a lot of Geothermal in New Zealand. There are challenges.
1: You have to pump the water back after you use it, because you'll be crucified if you release it into a river!
2: Bores stop working after a while, so you must drill new bores, and install large pipes to the new bores.
3: Mineral-rich steam is corrosive.
Geothermal is good, and profitable, but it's sure not trivial.

[mnemosynevermont]

You had me at "dogs and cats living together."
btw when you actually DO say something that I think, it just bowls me over!