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Bees Building Wax Nests

"BBC footage of bees constructing wax defences for eggs within their specially constructed nests." From program Trials of Life.

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pimp635 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

pimp635

Hidden (Show Comment) -11 votes

96 days 16 hours ago...

Bees sound like they are farting

ricemonkey : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

ricemonkey

-4 votes NegativePositive

96 days 15 hours ago...

^ more like a south african confederations cup football/soccer match. seriously those fucking vuvuzelas are annoying as fu-BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Bishop_Vick : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Bishop_Vick

21 votes NegativePositive

96 days 14 hours ago...

expensive to produce? do bees have an economy?

SOLSTAR : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

SOLSTAR

8 votes NegativePositive

96 days 13 hours ago...

Amazing. The collective can build a hive like that. No bosses, no strife or bickering.. they just get it done... I mean who knows to do what? How are they assigning duties?

The queen pops down an egg and a worker yells `I got it!`

flip550 : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

flip550

Hidden (Show Comment) -13 votes

96 days 13 hours ago...

wow another attenbourgh upload by Shapesphere
is this all u upload?

Zsnes321 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

Zsnes321

21 votes NegativePositive

96 days 11 hours ago...

^ Thats none of your bees wax...
Ha.
Ha.
Ha.ha.

satsugai : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

satsugai

6 votes NegativePositive

96 days 10 hours ago...

@Bishop_Vick
Didn`t you know? They use honey as their currency. ^_^

ChileanGoD : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

ChileanGoD

5 votes NegativePositive

96 days 5 hours ago...

Sure is nice to see a BBC wild life documentary without the goddamn fucking plus signs flying around everywhere.

Cahu : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Cahu

12 votes NegativePositive

96 days 5 hours ago...

"This is Delta 5, arriving from sector 17c, transporting the usual"
"This is tower control. I have the com"
"..."
"This is tower control you are cleared for landing on tube 2-3-0. Winds at 70 from E-NE. A busy bee is a happy bee. Tower out."

hell_viper1 : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

hell_viper1

10 votes NegativePositive

96 days 2 hours ago...

Anyone else enjoy listening to Attenborough more now that he has a rodent eating plant named after him?

Me too.

satsugai : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

satsugai

3 votes NegativePositive

95 days 22 hours ago...

^^ Nah I`ve always enjoyed his videos.

Jombie : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

Jombie

3 votes NegativePositive

95 days 17 hours ago...

I gotta wonder: How do they get those cameras in there?

Enigma90 : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Enigma90

1 votes NegativePositive

95 days 15 hours ago...

Expensive? how big is the colonies budget?

Led Zeppelin : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Led Zeppelin

0 votes NegativePositive

95 days 12 hours ago...

hell viper

I`ve always enjoyed listening to him, but now I respect him by way of fearing him.

nmosfet : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

nmosfet

3 votes NegativePositive

95 days 7 hours ago...

He means expensive in terms of energy of the chemical bonds of molecules that make up wax. These molecules are mainly hydrocarbons with many C-C and C-H bonds (like those present in fatty acids, which animals use to store energy, and gasoline). Ultimately, all life depend on energy to survive. With so much of these high energy bonds used on construction material rather than as fuel for the organism, hence beeswax is expensive for bees to produce.

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