Bees are dying off in record numbers, but ecologist Noah Wilson-Rich is interested in something else: Where are bees healthy and thriving? To find out, he recruited citizen scientists across the US to set up beehives in their backyards, gardens and rooftops. Learn how these little data factories are changing what we know about the habitats bees need to thrive — and keep our future food systems stable.
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Summary：i love bees
Love this. Alright, alright, alright. I’ll pass it to a friend bee keeper in Michigan.
A guy named Noah saving bees. Well everything checks out here.
He’s RICH and he’s a white man. He must be privileged according to Eugenia Cheng from yesterday.
mhtinla damn sexy daddy too
Down in Louisiana there is an Abbey saving all kinds of swarms and hives. Other people are keeping bees as well.
Very interesting. Leaves me more questions than answers. But is a good aproach to protect biodiversity through bees! Thanks.
For a second i thought that was Ryan Gosling in the thumbnail.
I hope I’m not too late Dr. Noah. I bought Flow Hive Araucaria 7 frame last week. Hope little bees happy with their new home 🙂
I would love to know which flowers the bees in my city love and start growing them. It’s hard for many to have their own beehives but even a child can grow their own plant and it’s easier especially when you leave in a city or don’t have that much space or resources to begin with.
5g enough said….
Anyone doing this in Europe? I would live to attract more bees but it would be even better if I knew what plants are needed locally vs what I think they want in general
<3 <3 <3
In Germany the NABU (natural protection association) teaches schools to create local deversety and bee accommodation.
+fiona fiona might be a good place to start, thx 🙂
That’s the beneficial title ! And especially an effective approach to help the bees continue to exist in the wildlife ! From Vietnam
And honey, that’s how you came to be
So fun and interesting! I love everything about this!
This is so amazing in planting tons of flowers in my garden
I love it.
Hope in humanity slowly restored!
I love everything that makes me think like this
Only problem with urban bees is that is the most likely place for someone allergic to a beesting – at least i would assume so. But this is amazing!
@6:20 Good on you for realizing that conclusions rejecting your hypothesis are still important conclusions. What I’ve noticed in a lot of modern research (most significantly in social research) is that the goal of any study is to prove a hypothesis (more so, a bias) to the extent that if the results are unfavorable, the study is discarded.