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TIL: A Bumblebee’s Buzz Is Basically a Superpower | Today I Learned


all bees buzzed but bumblebees are one

all bees buzzed but bumblebees are one of the very few types of bees that

of the very few types of bees that

of the very few types of bees that actually take that buzzing sound and use

actually take that buzzing sound and use

actually take that buzzing sound and use it like a secret weapon to get pollen in

it like a secret weapon to get pollen in

it like a secret weapon to get pollen in fact what the bumble bee is doing is

fact what the bumble bee is doing is

fact what the bumble bee is doing is sonication

sonication

sonication buzz pollination it’s a technique that

buzz pollination it’s a technique that

buzz pollination it’s a technique that it’s adapted to get pollen that other

it’s adapted to get pollen that other

it’s adapted to get pollen that other bees can’t get certain flowers are

bees can’t get certain flowers are

bees can’t get certain flowers are specially adapted to keep their pollen

specially adapted to keep their pollen

specially adapted to keep their pollen high up in the flour and a bumble bee

high up in the flour and a bumble bee

high up in the flour and a bumble bee can’t actually reach that with his legs

can’t actually reach that with his legs

can’t actually reach that with his legs or with its tongue so what it needs to

or with its tongue so what it needs to

or with its tongue so what it needs to do is vibrate to get that pollen to fall

do is vibrate to get that pollen to fall

do is vibrate to get that pollen to fall down and how this works is they unhinge

down and how this works is they unhinge

down and how this works is they unhinge their wings from their flight muscles

their wings from their flight muscles

their wings from their flight muscles and vibrate their muscles really really

and vibrate their muscles really really

and vibrate their muscles really really rapidly creating an angry that causes

rapidly creating an angry that causes

rapidly creating an angry that causes the pollen to fall down onto their

the pollen to fall down onto their

the pollen to fall down onto their bodies

then they fly onto another flower and do

then they fly onto another flower and do the same thing that’s a superpower as

the same thing that’s a superpower as

the same thing that’s a superpower as far as I’m concerned for bumblebees you

far as I’m concerned for bumblebees you

far as I’m concerned for bumblebees you have a regulator in your mouth you’re

have a regulator in your mouth you’re

have a regulator in your mouth you’re wearing a mass so it’s not coming in

wearing a mass so it’s not coming in

wearing a mass so it’s not coming in your nose you’re not breathing it in yet

your nose you’re not breathing it in yet

your nose you’re not breathing it in yet you’re smelling hydrogen sulfide and

you’re smelling hydrogen sulfide and

you’re smelling hydrogen sulfide and it’s actually going through the pores in

it’s actually going through the pores in

it’s actually going through the pores in your skin

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