SciShow's video: Wasp Nests and Bee Hives

How can you tell the difference between a yellowjacket and a hornet? And how much cosmic XP do you need to evolve a wasp into a bee? Follow the insect that stung you, and discover the fascinating world of wasp nests and bee hives. This episode brought to you in part by Audible.com Go to http://www.audible.com/scishow for a free 30-day trial. Learn about the Democracy of Bees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abk-advcCIw Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Andreas Heydeck, Thomas J., Accalia Elementia, Will and Sonja Marple. James Harshaw, Justin Lentz, Chris Peters, Bader AlGhamdi, Benny, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick Merrithew, Fatima Iqbal, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick D. Ashmore, and charles george. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-beguiling-history-of-bees-excerpt/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061209083342.htm http://www.earthlife.net/insects/solwasps.html http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/inf21.html https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/desert-digger-bees https://www.catseyepest.com/pest-library/bees-hornets-wasps/mason-and-potter-wasps http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.121?journalCode=ento http://insects.about.com/od/antsbeeswasps/a/wasps-yellowjackets-hornets.htm http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/invertebrates/invasive-invertebrates/wasps/ife-history http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/CoopExt/4dmg/Pests/whatis.htm http://www.livescience.com/52669-why-worker-wasps-kill-queens.html http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/wasp/ https://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/Social/bees.html http://www.fao.org/docrep/X0083E/X0083E02.htm http://www.bbka.org.uk/learn/general_information/life_in_the_hive Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bee-apis.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_wasp_white_bg.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hornet-vespa.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tulip_Stamen_Tip.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wasp_building_nest.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guepe.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apis_mellifera_Western_honey_bee.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_Honeybee_(Apis_mellifera)_lapping_mouthparts,_showing_labium_and_maxillae..jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spider_wasp_pompilid.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osmia_conjuncta,_F,_MD,_back_2015-11-20-21.40_(24802012790).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masonegg.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carpenter_bee.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carpenter_Bee_Brood_Galleries.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlattschneiderBiene_Megachile_centuncularis.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/8499852929/in/photolist-dX6Y9r-pUAmwV-oa9hnj-afFGZb-Cd3kUS-JKtono-8aXfqo-oZ6h9b-byio79-drGHHF-7uCHPW-k4UHe-32VQJu-x3VDVt-o832A4-dS8pz8-hNJVAe-oNvWVv-o1yDBu-4DVab-oNKwuW-nQXxeC-C5TTSL-o6mATh-EsQz9W-9FteP1-npxee1-aCmF7s-dmA9pa-mqwtU-4heT5N-6V2stc-fLEVsZ-6pevgy-BD1sTX-6EuH9m-fMFSbs-fGSvLL-a6MZ2L-A55u8N-rEnEUe-FT1h53-nmvbQy-fMfvXF-mqwsX-8wVyJP-Gxs5CH-awqsB6-ibBhZQ-fLEVU2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vespa_crabro_nest_full.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-09-20_09_15_13_Yellow-jacket_guarding_the_entrance_to_a_below-ground_nest_along_Terrace_Boulevard_in_Ewing,_New_Jersey.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apoidea.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humlebibo.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honey_comb.jpg