Can Bees Dance? With Beekeeper Jenny - Episode 35
Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible
Eryn Lynum
4.8 • 618 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Beekeeper Jenny joins us as we dive into a beehive and learn all about bees and how God designed them with very important jobs to do, and creative ways to go about their work!
Here’s our trail map:
- What Important Job Do Bees Have?
- How Do Bees Make Their Hive?
- How Do Bees Work As a Team?
- Can Bees Dance?
- How Do Bees Carry Pollen?
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Source: Institute for Creation Research Creation Podcast: The Industrious Life of Bees: https://www.icr.org/article/creation-podcast-episode-49
Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:
“I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11 (NLT)
“Then God said, ‘Let the earth produce plants—some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant.’ And it happened.” Genesis 1:11 (NCV)
“People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4 (NLT)
“...The words I told you are spirit, and they give life.” John 6:63 (NCV)
“For the word of God is alive and active….” Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
Terms Learned in This Episode:
Festooning: Bees link together by their feet to form a chain. Festooning helps bees work together in building their hive. It might be a form of measurement.
Pollinator: A creature that helps spread pollen, which helps plants grow.
Pollen: Fine powder substance made by the male part of flowers. When pollen lands on a female part, that flower can make more flowers.
Nectar: A sweet liquid in flowers that bees eat and turn into honey.
Hexagon: Shape with six sides.
Beeswax: A natural wax produced by bees that they build their honeycombs out of.
Pheromones: A chemical scent or smell given off by some creatures.
Brood: A bee still growing inside its cell.
Larva: Immature or baby form of an insect.
Corbiculae: The “pollen basket” where bees carry pollen on their body back to the hive.
Sustenance: What we need to survive. A source of strength.
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Transcript
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| 0:31.4 | Hello world. Wake me up to another good good morning time to go. |
| 0:43.9 | Are you ready to explore God's wild and wonderful world? |
| 0:46.5 | Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast. |
| 0:48.7 | I'm your host, Aaron Linum. |
| 0:52.6 | I'm a certified master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author. |
| 0:56.7 | And I am so excited to dive into God's written word, |
| 0:59.9 | the Bible, and his created world with you. Have you ever been playing outside when you hear a bee buzzing past you? |
| 1:18.2 | Do you get nervous when you see a bee close to you? |
| 1:22.0 | Bees can make us nervous because we don't want to get stung. |
| 1:25.8 | But as we will learn today, we shouldn't let the fear of being |
| 1:29.5 | stung by a bee keep us from learning about these amazing creatures, because they truly are amazing. |
| 1:37.7 | Did you know that bees can do math? That's right. Bees can do math. My friend Jenny is a beekeeper and she will be joining |
| 1:47.5 | us later on today's episode. She recently taught me that bees work together to measure distances |
| 1:54.7 | in their hives. They do something called festooning, where they link their legs together like a chain of bees. Bees |
| 2:05.1 | festoon linking together to work as a team in building the hive, and some scientists believe |
| 2:10.5 | they do this to measure gaps within the hive. It's almost like one bee is saying, hey, fellow |
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