Honeybees are dying from parasites, pesticides, and poor nutrition, but we can help them in a number of ways, including by encouraging them to make a homemade antibiotic.

Hank fills us in on the democratic ways of the honeybee and makes a request for more interpretive dance in our own political systems.

It might seem like researchers give animals drugs just to make a good headline, but these experiments have taught scientists a lot.

Sure, honeybees make delicious honey. But have you ever heard of propolis, the spitty glue they use to mummify intruders?

According to research, some animals act in ways that seem oddly similar to the things we do. Chapters CROWS HOLD GRUDGES 1:50 COWS NEED FRIENDS 2:36 AFRICAN WILD DOGS VOTE 3:59 DOLPHINS GOSSIP 5:29 BEES BECOME PESSIMISTS 6:59 6 PENGUINS...

Humans know a lot about bees, seeing as they impact both our ecology and our economy. But there's something about bumble bees that we totally missed until recently; a super weird and mysterious behavior that might give them a leg up in...

There are more than 20,000 species of bees, all of which buzz when they fly, and many of which also do it to communicate. But some bees buzz for a completely different reason that has nothing to do with communication or flight!

Royal jelly! For bees, it’s what makes all the difference between a queen and a worker.

Unlike their friendly, flower-pollinating cousin, the bee, wasps are best known for stinging people, ruining picnics, and generally being jerks... so should we just totally get rid of them?

Drone technology has advanced a lot in the last few decades, but our flying robots still have a lot to learn about navigation, agility, and adaptability from animals that have been flying for millions of years.

Bees and flowers are as classic a pair as peanut butter and jelly. But recent research suggests there's a third, much tinier partner in this relationship!

Hank explains the evolutionary basis for altruistic behavior in animals, including vampire bats!

Bees are quite beneficial little critters: pollinating flowers, making honey, and also...helping corpses decompose.

Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction: they use the basic alternation of generations developed by nonvascular plants 470 million years ago, but they've tricked it out so that it works a whole lot differently...

See what goes on during the fledging stage with the beautiful white fronted bee eaters at the San Diego Zoo.

A perfect kids learning video about animals. Most of us are afraid of bees. But should we be so scared of these important insects? In this video about bees you will learn that bees are the most important pollinators. Bees pollinate...

Watch as Mark and the crew explore the jungles of Borneo in order to find the biggest ant in the world: the Giant Forest Ant! With those massive mandibles and the ability to spray acid, where will it rank on the Brave Wilderness...

Watch as Mark takes on the first recorded sting from the extremely rare Mammoth Wasp! Where will it land on the Brave Wilderness Bite-Sting Index? How will the sting compare to the likes of the Bullet Ant, Fire Worm, and Cow Killer?...

When and why do bees sting? And what happens in the human body when they do? Why are bee stings only a nuisance to some people, but life threatening to others? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. Bees sting people to protect...

For this large burrowing bee, mating season isn’t just competitive – it’s deadly. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Dawson's burrowing bee is one of the largest bee species in the world. Dawson's bees are solitary bees, and...

How will the sting of this big BLUE bee compare to the huge BLACK bee? Watch to find out!



Moments after experiencing the sting of the Borneo's giant black carpenter bee, Mark finds and catches one of the most vibrant bees ever...

It’s springtime, meaning the garden is buzzing with the sound of bees, collecting pollen and nectar from a variety of flowers and blossom. They’re attracted to the bright colours and sweet smells of the flowers which rely on the bees...

Learn all about bees! An important element of British wildlife.

Level 1 – Unit 21 – Pre-A1 English for children aged 5-12 – The learning objective for this set of videos is as follows: World around us - I can / can't see a (frog).