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| QL565 .T35 2000 Interesting scene on mating flight |
NOVA: Tales from the Hive (2000) | Index |
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| 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 |
 5:25 pollen cells |
 6:25 Honey Bee waggle dance |
 9:20 Honey Bee drone |
 9:40 Honey Bee queen |
 10:00 mating flight |
 10:40 mating |
 10:50 Drone penis |
 25:30 Death's-head Hawkmoth |
 30:00 Mouse |
 31:40 European Bee-eater |
 38:10 Queens try to sting each other |
 45:00 Honeydew |
 45:10 Aphid honeydew prized by ants |
 46:00 Antlion |
| Index | Oct 24, 2011 |  Peter Chen |