Bumblebees Can Do What?! Incredible Discoveries Nobody Expected

I remember a study done in Ontario a few decades ago where they were studying the dance they do when they come back to the nest. They were trying to figure out if it was a communication of some sort. They took bees from the nest and let them get pollen from flowers in different areas and tracked and filmed them. When they got back to the nest they would do a dance and the other bees would take off to the same spot they got the food from. No matter which area it always worked, until… They took some flowers and bees out to the centre of a nearby pond in a boat. Let them feed and back to the nest they went. They did the dance and the others bees acted like they didn’t believe them and didn’t go there. It seems they knew that it was not a viable spot!

I saved a bumblebee yesterday. It had spent the night, and most of the day in the garage. I scooped it up carefully, and asked if it was still alive. It didn't seem to, so I walked to the composter. As I walked, and it probably felt the air movements it started vibrating its wings while folded in order to get warm. It just so happens that next to the composter there's a plant that is all flowers. I carefully deposited it onto a blossom - it went all sideways and upside down, that's how wobbly it was. But with a bit of patience it latched on and righted itself, and without a thought or acknowledgement pushed their face deep into the first blossom. OMNOMNOMNOM And so it went from flower heart to flower heart. So cute.

Dear bumblebees: thank you for your work and contribution to life. Thank you too for making us aware of the wonders of nature.

Bumblebees on flowers in your garden = happiness.

Thanks, Anton, with all the terrible things going on in this world it was so nice to learn about the beautiful bumblebee!

When I was a child, I had a bumblebee friend one summer. Sometimes when I would go out to one spot on our driveway and hold out my hand and this bumblebee would land on my hand and then just walk around on me for a little while, then fly off. It was very sweet and gave me a special affection for the species 🐝 Thank you for the excellent video

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Scientist: Why can you breathe underwater? Bee: In case you try to drown me!

EXTRAORDINARYLLY POWERFUL EXPLANATION

Only human naively would assume a life form that’s been around for 30 Million years to be unintelligent