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Honey Bees Aren't Endangered. Here's What Is.

Name: Honey Bees Aren't Endangered. Here's What Is.
Uploaded: 2026-10-26T23:03:57.566+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Description: Save the bees is wrong. Save the bees? Honey bees aren't even endangered. They're basically livestock. Over two million hives get trucked into California…

SAVE THE BEES IS WRONG

A short from AnimalDex, from How Honey Bees Keep Ecosystems Running: Pollination Facts. Every claim in it comes from that page, which has the full detail and sources.

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Published 26 October 2026. AI-narrated, with motion added to some images.

Transcript

0:00SAVE THE BEES IS WRONG. Save the bees? Honey bees aren't even endangered.
0:032,000,000+ HIVES. They're basically livestock. Over two million hives get trucked into California every February.
0:081 QUEEN. One hive holds up to 60,000 workers, plus a queen laying 2,000 eggs a day.
0:14NOBEL PRIZE 1973. They dance to give directions. One second of waggling means one kilometre away.
0:195 EYES. They see ultraviolet nectar guides on petals that are completely invisible to you.
0:2330–40% LOST. And yet US beekeepers lose 30 to 40 percent of their colonies most years.
0:27VARROA DESTRUCTOR. The biggest killer isn't pesticides. It's a parasitic mite called Varroa.
0:32WILD BEES DECLINING. Hive numbers only hold because beekeepers rebuild them. The bees truly vanishing are the wild ones.

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