Secrets of Bees

1. A key survival requirement, especially for solitary and ground-nesting bees.
4. The social structure and home.
7. Includes reducing pesticides, planting native flowers, and protecting bee habitat.
9. A social system involving cooperative brood care, overlapping generations, and reproductive roles such as queens and workers.
11. The process connecting bees with plants, ecosystems, and human food.
14. A honeybee communication behavior that conveys the direction and approximate distance of food or water. It appears in Part 1’s discussion of “secret dances.” Episode transcript
15. The series extends beyond managed honeybees to diverse bee species.
16. Includes staying alive until spring and responding to growing environmental pressures.
17. Change and loss reduce bees’ access to food and nesting places.
18. The collective term for developing bee eggs, larvae, and pupae being raised inside the hive.

2. The colony’s collective control of hive temperature, including clustering and generating heat to survive winter.
3. Reflected through the variety of bees and their roles in sustaining natural systems.
5. Promoted as an accessible way for communities to support bees.
6. The interconnected bee family whose health depends on cooperation.
8. The search for pollen, nectar, and water needed for individual and colony health.
10. Chemicals that can disrupt, paralyze, or kill bees.
12. The documentary encourages audiences to protect bees and the natural world.
13. A globally spreading parasite identified as a major honeybee threat.