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When you think of bees, you probably don’t think of single-celled eukaryotes. What could an insect have in common with, say, a ciliate?
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Stock video from:
evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s12052-009-0192-6
gettyimages.com/detail/video/swarm-of-honey-bee-flying-in-spring-field-stock-footage/1314459509
gettyimages.com/detail/video/honey-bee-on-purple-aster-flower-stock-footage/1362725818
gettyimages.com/detail/video/moth-on-a-white-flowers-stock-footage/1571932193
gettyimages.com/detail/video/larger-pellucid-hawk-moth-hovering-and-consuming-nectar-stock-footage/1357207487
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SOURCES:
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2011/martinso_kris/reproduction.htm
https://van.physics.illinois.edu/ask/listing/873
https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/pollinator-garden/why-what-when-where-who-how-pollination
neprimateconservancy.org/coevolution
evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s12052-009-0192-6
darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=1&itemID=F800&viewtype=text
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221300256X
wnps.org/blog/coevolution-and-pollination
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5599473/pdf/359_2017_Article_1176.pdf
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1230883
npr.org/2013/02/22/172611866/honey-its-electric-bees-sense-charge-on-flowers
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When you think of bees, you probably don’t think of single-celled eukaryotes. What could an insect have in common with, say, a ciliate?
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Hosted by Deboki Chakravarti:
debokic.com
Music by Andrew Huang:
youtube.com/andrewhuang
Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production.
Find out more at complexly.com
Stock video from:
evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s12052-009-0192-6
gettyimages.com/detail/video/swarm-of-honey-bee-flying-in-spring-field-stock-footage/1314459509
gettyimages.com/detail/video/honey-bee-on-purple-aster-flower-stock-footage/1362725818
gettyimages.com/detail/video/moth-on-a-white-flowers-stock-footage/1571932193
gettyimages.com/detail/video/larger-pellucid-hawk-moth-hovering-and-consuming-nectar-stock-footage/1357207487
gettyimages.com/detail/video/black-bee-in-flight-return-to-the-hive-with-balls-loaded-stock-footage/1011455350
SOURCES:
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2011/martinso_kris/reproduction.htm
https://van.physics.illinois.edu/ask/listing/873
https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/pollinator-garden/why-what-when-where-who-how-pollination
neprimateconservancy.org/coevolution
evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s12052-009-0192-6
darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=1&itemID=F800&viewtype=text
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221300256X
wnps.org/blog/coevolution-and-pollination
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5599473/pdf/359_2017_Article_1176.pdf
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1230883
npr.org/2013/02/22/172611866/honey-its-electric-bees-sense-charge-on-flowers
This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. You can change the audio track language in the Settings menu.
