NOVA: Tales from the Hive (2000)

Index
Peter's DVD rating: 3 stars
QL565 .T35 2000 Interesting scene on mating flight
1:00Bees attack invading wasp 3:55Full load of nectar fills half the bee's abdomen 4:10Forager feed household bee
4:305 days for nectar to thicken and ripen into honey in storage cells, sealed with wax 4:55Pollen stored in darker 5:25 pollen cells mixed with honey to feed young
6:25 Honey Bee waggle dance 7:505 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 10:00First mating flight when queen is 1 week old 10:40Drone dies in the act of mating
10:50 Drone penis ripped out 18:20Royal 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 34:00Hornet raids nest
34:50Only honey bee produces honey 36:15First-born Queen fights a dozen royal sisters 38:10 Queens try to sting each other
39:00Fight is a draw, colony splits; swarming bees have nothing to protect 42:40Cold water calms bees 45:00 Honeydew can be turned into woodland honey
45:10 Aphid honeydew prized by ants 46:00 Antlion attacks ant 46:50Bear raids nest; exposed hive plundered by ants
pollen
5:25 pollen cells
Apis mellifera
6:25 Honey Bee waggle dance
Apis mellifera
9:20 Honey Bee drone
Apis mellifera
9:40 Honey Bee queen
mating
10:00 mating flight
mating
10:40 mating
drone
10:50 Drone penis
Acherontia
25:30 Death's-head Hawkmoth
mouse
30:00 Mouse
Merops apiaster
31:40 European Bee-eater
queens
38:10 Queens try to sting each other
honeydew
45:00 Honeydew
aphid
45:10 Aphid honeydew prized by ants
Myrmeleontidae
46:00 Antlion
 

Index Oct 24, 2011 CC BY 4.0 Peter Chen 2.0