The Power of Pollinators

Everyone has heard of honeybees, but what about the 4,000 species of wild, native bees that live alongside honey bees here in North America?

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[FrederickDunn]

Way to go Dr. Sammy :) I wish I had seen this before our interview! Absolute perfection. Way to go.

[chrisaguilera]

I have these big flowering shrubs that always attract the local bees and they swarm my backyard. They're friendly, they just do their thing and leave. I love seeing them busy. 😃

[CrownBees]

Thank you for helping move the focus to native bees!

[phasm]

I bought ten pounds of "native grass seeds" and spread them over my lawn. Hoping they'll take root and provide something nice for native insects. Fortunately I don't live in an HOA.

[gairahadam]

I love when this video gives more space for wild bees, hope so more people appreciate wild bees and save them for better future

[peterbernhardt]

Two statements in this video require a little tweaking. First, the honeybee isn't the closest thing mankind has a domesticated insect. That honor belongs to the Asian silkworm which wouldn't survive without our protection and selective breeding. Honeybees regularly swarm and escape from their owners . They do just fine out in the wild while adult silk moths can barely fly. Second, there are several, native bee species that can visit death camas flowers without fatalities. It's the nectar, not the pollen that our commercial honeybees finds so toxic in a death camas flower.

[innerstrg]

Thank you, Dr Ramsey! I love the way you present this info ❤🎉

[pawshands]

The wild bee population is doing well in parts of Puerto Rico. 🐝🌻🐝🥀🐝💐

[caroma]

Thank you Sammy! it is very inspiring listening to you! thank you for being so awesome!

[stny]

This is so important! People need to know that keeping honey bees does not counteract the extinction of bees, but might even worsen it. Thanks for the video!

[ghtbb]

I love bees so much that I made my head a honeycomb ❤️

[jayme]

perfect presentation& host is engaging!. good pacing, very informative

[Thaisc]

Your hair looks like it’s infested with bees lol

[Scraggledust]

The big bumble bee sting - horrific. One stung me, my brother, and our dog. Each of us got stung on our heads. Then, it chased us in the house. My dad was laughing so hard, he had a hard time chasing it out of the house. Felt like I got hit in the head with a brick. It was worse then a scorpion sting. (I’m lucky like that). I still don’t kill any bees. Here, we have several endangered sweat and pollen bees. I have planted a Mexican plum tree, and thanks to bees, I have plums growing!!! No need to buy a second one! I have planted fragrant blooms and milkweed for the bees and monarch butterflies as well. It is really interesting to see the variety of bees, butterflies, and other insects now that I’ve planted trees and flowers native to this area.

[wendymarie]

Just planted wild flowers in my backyard, waiting for some honey bees!!

[WordsWithHats]

Love seeing when bees buzz around my flowering fruit trees.

[antemeridiemwolf]

I have a community garden plot in the city that is quite popular with the pollinators. I think of it as _their_ garden, not mine. I love seeing them at work!

[drewmilavec]

Such a good video! I research solitary bees on the blue ridge parkway 😀 I love to hear information being put out about our native bees 🐝

[AIFMusician]

Great video! Love the host and script. Beautiful shots of so many bees I’d never seen before!

[mariemorgan]

I didn't know that much about bees, great video! Thanks!🐝🌞