Why do bees buzz?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever watched a bee flitting from flower to flower? It zips through the air like a tiny plane, making a buzz-buzz-buzz sound. But why do bees buzz, anyway? We asked bee scientist Alina Niño to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored by Green Light. Did you know that 27 states don't require a personal
0:06.4	finance course for students even though teens score an average of 64% on the National
0:12.2	Financial Literacy Test? Let's make a difference. 64% on the national financial literacy test?
0:14.0	Let's make a difference.
0:16.0	Our friends at Million, Basilian, and Green Light are hitting the road visiting schools
0:20.2	to teach important lessons on financial literacy.
0:23.0	It's all the fun of the podcast, but now live and interactive.
0:27.0	Million Bazillion Live is in partnership with Green Light, the Money App for Kids and Teens.
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0:36.5	That's Green Light.com slash million.
0:39.6	From the brains behind Brainson, this is the Moment of Um, um, um, um, um,
0:46.8	moment of um comes to you from 8 p.m. studios. I'm Maris, the millipede.
0:52.0	Um. I'm Maris, the Millipede. I just love being a Millipede.
0:57.0	I love my long segmented black body.
1:01.0	I love burrowing through the wet rotting leaves in the garden and I
1:05.2	especially love eavesdropping on other animals. Some might call me nosy, but I just
1:11.6	say I'm exceptionally well informed about the happenings of the neighborhood.
1:16.0	You wouldn't believe some of the conversations I've heard while I was just casually lying
1:20.9	under a strategically placed pile of leaves mindinging my own business, and listening super hard.
1:27.0	My fellow insects have more tidbits of gossip than I have legs.
1:31.0	And I have so many legs.
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