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Why wasps are just as wonderful as bees | BBC Ideas

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Unlike bees, wasps are not exactly the most-loved creatures, but they are hugely important to the eco-system - and all of us. As well as being apex predators, eating their way through millions of kilograms of insects each year, they are also important pol
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The bizarre world of parasitic wasps - Miles Zhang

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Explore the gruesome evolutionary strategy employed by parasitoid wasps where they feed off other animals to grow their offspring.--A cockroach and jewel wasp are locked in battle. The wasp latches onto the cockroach and inserts her stinger into the cockr
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Wasps: The Literal Worst

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Wasps are the worst thing about the end of summer, yet it turns out that they might just actually be my new favourite animal. Check out Curiosity Stream and get your first 30 days free with the promo code 'Animalogic': https://curiositystream.com/animalog
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What Gall! The Crazy Cribs of Parasitic Wasps | Deep Look

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Plenty of animals build their homes in oak trees. But some very teeny, tricky wasps make the tree do all the work. And each miniature mansion the trees build for the wasps' larvae is weirder and more flamboyant than the next. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http:
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Why Do Wasps Attack? - Reactions Q&A

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Why do wasps become more aggressive after you kill one of the hive members? The answer is the same reason why you should be wary of bees that smell like bananas. This week, Reactions answers viewers’ chemistry questio
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Are There Dead Wasps In Figs?

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Figs aren't exactly fruits...but that's not the only bizarre thing about them. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Great 1977 paper by J. Galil on Fig Bi
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Samurai Wasps Say 'Smell Ya Later, Stink Bugs' | Deep Look

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Support Deep Look on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Yep, brown marmorated stink bugs are stinky, but that’s not the worst thing about them. They're imported agricultural pests eating their way across North America. But a native enemy from Asia
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The US government is giving out free wasps

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The brown marmorated stink bug is an invasive pest. To help deal with its numbers, the Oregon Department of Agriculture is releasing its natural enemy: the tiny samurai wasp. There's a lot of work that goes into it. Thanks to all the team at the ODA, and
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The plant that catfishes The Green Planet BBC

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Subscribe and to the BBC https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home The flower of the warty hammer orchid perfectly mimics the behaviour, shape and smell of a flightless female thynnid wasp in order to lure male
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How to Move a Beehive? | Beekeeping with Maddie #11

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Some friends of ours asked us to help them move an ACTIVE beehive. Here's how it went! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1kPjJZL MORE VIDEOS :-) Honey Bee Trapping! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GBTSpoQovk Why do Bees Swarm? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi8T
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4 of the Most Daring Jobs

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Most of us have our limits. But there are people out there who never say never. Among them: an entomologist who actually allows himself to be stung by tarantula hawks, yellow jacket wasps and other insects; an extreme unicyclist who has never seen a mount
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Hornets Bake Their Predator | National Geographic

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Japanese giant hornets pack a venomous sting so strong it can dissolve human tissue. But when a hornet scout enters a beehive, watch as the bees turn the tables on their enemy — and literally bake the predator to death! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatG
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Bodysnatcher Wasp | Trials Of Life | BBC Earth

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Wasps implant their eggs inside caterpillars, who grow unaware they're nesting. Narrated by David Attenborough.Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/P
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Shelf Life Episode 10 - The Dinosaurs Of Ghost Ranch

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Discovering a dinosaur is just the first step. Paleontologists Sterling Nesbitt, Mark Norell, and Danny Barta tell the story behind the Museum's treasure trove of Triassic fossils from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. For more about how fossils are prepared for t
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Leaf Miner Fly Babies Scribble All Over Your Salad | Deep Look

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This flys larvae tunnel inside bitter-tasting greens like arugula and kale, leaving squiggly marks behind. The plants fight back with toxic chemicals. So before laying her eggs, the fly mom digs into a leaf and slurps its sap a taste test to find the leas
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Born Pregnant: Aphids Invade with an Onslaught of Clones | Deep Look

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Female aphids are the matriarchs of a successful family operation taking over your garden. But dont lose hope; these pests have some serious predators and creepy parasites looking to take them down. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqtPlease join
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Do Insects Sleep?

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Sleep is a necessary part of survival for most animals, but what about for bugs? Do insects sleep? How Do Fish Sleep?- http://bit.ly/2cF1LRD Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Do Bugs Sleep? Why They're Surprisingly
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Why Did the Mexican Jumping Bean Jump? | Deep Look

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To find its place in the shade! Each hollowed-out seed is home to a head-banging moth larva, just trying to survive the harsh Sonoran Desert sun.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dee
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The Secret Social Life Of Plants

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Thanks to Audible for supporting MinuteEarth - get a FREE audiobook at http://www.audible.com/minute Subscribe to MinuteEarth! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 And support us on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth ____
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Space Volcanoes - Shelf Life 360

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Here on Earth, volcanic eruptions are dramatic manifestations of our dynamic planet. Elsewhere in our solar system, awe-inspiring extraterrestrial volcanoes—both active and extinct—provide clues to planetary formation and hints of how life may
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Mimicry - When Animals Copy Other Animals

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Mimicry is one of the most intriguing and fascinating evolutionary phenomena. This video takes an in-depth look at this unique survival strategy as well as the evolutionary mechanisms that gave rise to it. Check out my new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com
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Meet the Dust Mites, Tiny Roommates That Feast On Your Skin | Deep Look

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You may think that you've got the house to yourself, but chances are you have about 100 different types of animals living with you. Many of them are harmless, but a few can be dangerous in ways you wouldn't expect. New research explores exactly whom you s
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For These Tiny Spiders, It's Sing or Get Served | Deep Look

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Male jumping spiders perform courtship dances that would make Bob Fosse proud. But if they bomb, they can wind up somebody's dinner instead of their mate. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series created
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You'd Never Guess What an Acorn Woodpecker Eats | Deep Look

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OK. Maybe you would. But the lengths they have to go to to stock up for the winter *will* surprise you. When you see how carefully they arrange each acorn, you might just need to reorganize your pantry. Join Deep Look on Patreon NOW! https://www.patreon.c
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This Weevil Has Puppet Vibes But Drills Like a Power Tool | Deep Look

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This fuzzy acorn weevil cant crack open acorns like a woodpecker or chomp through them like a squirrel. Instead, she uses her incredibly long snout, called a rostrum, to power-drill through an acorns tough and resilient shell. And it's not just lunch on h
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The Double-Crossing Ants to Whom Friendship Means Nothing | Deep Look

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The Peruvian Amazon is a dangerous place when you're small. So the young Inga tree hires ants as bodyguards to protect its vulnerable leaves. Their pay: delicious nectar served up in tiny ant-sized dishes. But will the ants keep up their end of the bargai
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Winter is Coming For These Argentine Ant Invaders | Deep Look

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Argentine ants are spreading across the globe, eliminating local ants with their take-no-prisoners tactics: invade, dismember, repeat. But this ruthless killer seems to have met its match in the winter ant, a California native with a formidable secret wea
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These Mites Rain Down To Save Your Strawberries | Deep Look

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Two tiny mites duke it out on strawberry plants throughout California. One is a spider mite that sucks the juices out of the delicious crop and destroys it. The other, persimilis, is a crafty predator that growers drop by the thousands from high-tech dron

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