This Is Not A Bee
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Hi, this is Kate fom MinuteEarth. Close your eyes...no seriously, close your eyes, and imagine a bee. Now open your eyes. You probably imagined something with yellow and black stripes, like a honeybee. But bee-lieve it or not, most bees aren’t yellow-and-black striped. And what’s even more confusing is that there are lots of stripey "bees" that are not actually bees. They’re flies, wasps, and even moths, yet they look so much like our idea of a bee that we’re constantly getting fooled. But we’re not actually the ones they’re out to bee-devil. Many insects that can defend themselves have bright patterns that teach predators to keep their distance. Say two hypothetical stinging species have different warning colorations; a predator must...
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Hi, this is Kate fom MinuteEarth. Close your eyes...no seriously, close your eyes, and imagine a bee. Now open your eyes. You probably imagined something with yellow and black stripes, like a honeybee. But bee-lieve it or not, most bees aren’t yellow-and-black striped. And what’s even more confusing is that there are lots of stripey "bees" that are not actually bees. They’re flies, wasps, and even moths, yet they look so much like our idea of a bee that we’re constantly getting fooled. But we’re not actually the ones they’re out to bee-devil. Many insects that can defend themselves have bright patterns that teach predators to keep their distance. Say two hypothetical stinging species have different warning colorations; a predator must...
