Name: This Bee Gets Punched by Flowers For Your Ice Cream | Deep Look
Uploaded: 2019-10-10T18:05:19.000Z
Duration: 4 min 35 s
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She needs hunks of leaves to build her nest.

Leafcutters use them to line the inside of their nest.

In nature, she might use a nook and cranny in a log.

But here, her nest is in what's basically a bee apartment building.

These markings help the bee find her way back to her personal condo.

And furnishing it takes a while, because, see that pile?

The bees are here to work in this alfalfa field in California.

They're from Europe originally, but farmers here use them because they have a real knack

for pollinating alfalfa flowers, which grow tiny seeds inside these curly pods.

Farmers use the seeds to plant new fields of alfalfa ...

So, really, your glass of milk comes courtesy of these bees.

But pollinating alfalfa flowers is a lot trickier than it looks.

Alfalfa keeps its pollen locked away inside its flowers.

To get it, the bees have to step on a spring-loaded petal called a keel petal.

It releases this column that has the pollen at the end.

The column has some force – the bee might get a good thwack in the face.

Leafcutting bees just don't care; they can take a punch.

Honeybees don't really like to tangle with that.

They'll usually step around gingerly, trying to sip nectar from the side without setting

Leafcutting bees get coated in pollen and bring it back home to their nest so they can

pack it in there to feed their growing babies.

Each one is bundled in a little leaf-wrapped bassinet.

A new generation of the toughest little bees around.

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