Film commentary: Bees
A film to explain to small children how honey is made and why bees sting.Bees are the only ones who know the recipe for honey! From the flower to the hive, a very special technique.
The bees gather nectar from the flowers and honeydew, mix it in their crop (small pocket before the intestines) and then pass it into the crop of another bee; from bee to bee, the mixture is enriched and transformed into honey!
The bees will regurgitate and deposit the honey in the cells of the hive. They will also have to flap their wings vigorously to dry the honey, and then secrete strips of wax to build new cells and close the ones containing the dried honey that will serve as food for the larvae and bees during the winter.
Did you know that a worker bee produces only 10 grams of honey during its 5 to 6 weeks of existence?
The bees used for honey production are the domestic (or social) bees; however, there are more than a thousand species of wild bees. 90% of wild bees have no queen; they are solitary and work for themselves. They do not produce honey; the nectar collected and mixed with the pollen is only used to feed the young bees. The solitary bee makes its nest in the ground, a stem, dead wood and prepares food for future larvae before disappearing.
Bees, like wasps, sting when they feel threatened; the difference is that, at the moment of stinging, the harpoon-shaped stinger of the bees remains planted in the stung skin; when escaping, as shown in the last scene of the short film, the bees lose part of their abdomen without which they cannot live.
The wasp's stinger, on the other hand, is smooth and does not remain planted in the skin; the wasps can therefore escape without any problem, continue to live and sting!
The bee does not sting for pleasure but to defend the colony and ensure the survival of the species.
As with mosquitoes, only the females (the workers) sting; male bees do not have a stinger.
Theme
Living worldGenre and keywords
Comedy, animals, beehives, bees, honeyRecommended age
3 yearsParental control
Duration
1 min 07 s.Title
BeesDirector
Ricard BadiaMusic
Sounds Like TheseProduction
Animade in 2019
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