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Wow in the World

The Buzz on Bee Barf! (encore)

Wow in the World

Tinkercast

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.631.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Once upon a time, scientists believed that bees chose plants with the sweetest nectar. But new research shows that there's actually more to the story. Join Mindy and Guy Raz for an epic tale of one Gramma BEE-Force, and a bunch of barf - for SCIENCE! It's the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, and WOW of bumblebee vomit. Originally aired 3/16/20 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

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0:06.7

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0:36.7

Okay, Reg, it's time to tuck you in for the night!

0:48.4

Are you sure you don't want an actual bad Reggie? I mean, this window ledge of Mindy's

0:53.5

Gingerbread House seems a little precarious.

0:56.2

Oh, no, it's fine, Guy Ross. Reggie always sleeps out here on the ledge. Yeah, all the pigeons

1:02.5

are doing it these days, plus I reinforced it with honey to make it extra sticky so he

1:07.9

won't fall off. Okay. Then I lit up all the honey because it looked so good. Oh.

1:14.5

And then I had a barf at all back up on the ledge or it wouldn't be sticky enough to hold

1:18.7

him on. What? So now the whole thing is reinforced with sticky honey bar fat and pending, and

1:25.4

there's no way that Reggie is going to fall off this ledge in the night.

1:30.0

What is disgusting Mindy? Which brings us to the bedtime portion of this nightly tuck

1:36.1

in? Hey, Guy Rossi, you want to listen to the story? I can get you a little blanket

1:40.7

to snuggle in next to Reggie. On this honey and vomit covered ledge? Reggie says he'll

1:47.2

happily take you under his wing so you don't get sticky. Oh, okay, thanks, Reg. And just

1:53.9

climb up through the window here and then hold on to Reggie's feathers, okay?

1:58.2

Are you sure this is a good idea, Mindy? Yes, of course. I'm not sure this is a good idea,

2:05.0

Guy Rossi. Now jump out the window. What? On to Reggie. Just not letting under his wing

2:11.3

over there. Oh, okay. Now, is everyone cozy? I feel like a baby bird. Okay, now that we're

2:26.2

all settled in, I'll begin the bedtime story. It's called The Three Bees by Jonathan Patrick,

2:34.2

a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology and Hamish

2:40.5

Simington, a graduate student of the University of Cambridge. Wait a minute, the University

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