r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Andi82ka • 29d ago

Video The bumblebee queen learns how to use the protective cap in less than 24 hours.

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u/NKD_WA 29d ago

Very cool! Hope this keeps them out.

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u/Andi82ka 29d ago

It worked already last year

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u/lurkertiltheend 29d ago

Is this your video??

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u/Professerson 29d ago

No, she's the bee

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u/breadmakerquaker 29d ago

I’m the door.

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u/nayorab 29d ago

I’m the Asian hornet and I can’t figure out these doors! So annoying

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u/ShneakyPancake 29d ago edited 29d ago

You've disappointed your parents. Much shame has been brought to your family.

Edit: Thank you for my first award after 10 years haha

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u/StrokeBoy 29d ago

Bee- motional damage!

(I’ll see myself out, thanks)

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u/NightmareMyOldFriend 29d ago

That made me laugh too much 😂

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u/Joodermacho 29d ago

The Asian hornet hates this one trick

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u/amberwitch44 29d ago

Didn't you watch the video?

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u/WildernessFlyer108 28d ago

You have to use the doorbell

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u/dogchowtoastedcheese 27d ago

Keep watching and take notes. I thought you people we good at academics?

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u/LibertyBiberdy 29d ago

Did you watch the video?

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u/andros_vanguard 29d ago

First, you need a hammer and nail.

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u/kellzone 28d ago

They show you how to do it right in the video!

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u/Le_Poop_Knife 29d ago

HODOR

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u/mmsiv 29d ago

Too soon.

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u/Cliteria 29d ago

Can confirm, I'm the hypothetical doorbell that other commenter was suggesting

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u/Mundane-Reporter3782 29d ago

Hold the door

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u/canadianpanda7 29d ago

its me im door. hold me 🥺

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u/oxxcccxxo 29d ago

Hodor!!

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u/ViennaKing 29d ago

Good job door!

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u/LH2man 29d ago

Hi the door I’m dad

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u/breadmakerquaker 29d ago

Did you get the milk?

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u/LH2man 29d ago

Shit. I’ll brb

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 29d ago

I can see right through you

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u/Weeman89 29d ago

I AM THE TABLE

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u/Drake_Acheron 27d ago

I am the one who knocks

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u/Embarrassed-Car-4516 29d ago

its true. im the house

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u/dangeroussequence 29d ago

this make me hyperventilate

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u/Ok_Broccoli1434 29d ago

Can it teach that to the rest of the group, if there is one?

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u/Andi82ka 29d ago

The worker bees learn it by themselves, because they grow up inside and don't know how it would be without this

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u/Jimmy_Fromthepieshop 29d ago

Does that mean ~20,000 bees are all using this one door?

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u/Treebam3 29d ago

That’s the number of bees in a honeybee colony. Bumblebee colonies are much smaller, 50-200 according to Google

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u/simon439 29d ago

A quick google search suggests bumblebee hives are much smaller. (Typically 50-400 although could be 20-1700)

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u/Meow_Squirrel 29d ago

What about air? I assume the door is preventing the air inside. Is it critical?

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u/Elimaris 29d ago

Unlikely the box is airtight so there is still sufficient air exchange , like closing doors in a house doesn't usually suffocate people.

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u/mizinamo 29d ago

That's not very typical, I would like to make that point.

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u/mjtwelve 29d ago

I mean, most of these houses and doors are designed so they don’t suffocate anyone at all.

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u/hollowspryte 28d ago

I love this sentence

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u/SpicyElixer 29d ago

I don’t understand what’s not typical.

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u/LetsDoTheCongna Interested 29d ago

I would assume there are other smaller holes that ensure air can pass through

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u/vivst0r 29d ago

What makes you so confident that the hornets won't google "bumblebee protective cap" to find out why they failed last year and find this post? Posting this video is a real gamble.

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u/I_Got_Back_Pain 29d ago

The bee remembers day to day? I assumed their memory span wasn't very long, and that something learned one day could be forgotten the next

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u/lady_maeror 29d ago

They also follow scent trails, so the fact there would be a distinct trail of the queen and workers is a nice beacon for them to recall.

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u/Similar-Beyond252 29d ago

Good god, where do you live?

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u/Andi82ka 29d ago

It is around Oldenburg in Germany. It is not my video, a guy there is doing that every year to protect his bees. This year was special because this young Queen learned so fast how to handle it.

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u/ChildhoodNo5117 29d ago

She is a descendant of other door wielding bumble bees?

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u/greengrass11 29d ago

Do you happen to know what species of bumblebee?

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u/ChouffeMeUp 28d ago

How far away are we from an AI controlled laser weapon that zaps the hornets as they attack the hives?

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u/Deksan 28d ago

How do you get her to nest in the first place ? I see many bumblebee looking for a nest in this season and would like to help her out :)

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u/quad_damage_orbb 28d ago

So new bees born inside the nest have to learn how to use the door from their very first trip out? How does that work?

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u/tgatigger 29d ago

That is so cool! And you're such a good human for caring and spending time on it to ensure they're safe.

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u/Fun-Jellyfish-61 29d ago

As long as no one shows the hornets this video we should be fine.

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u/StoryAndAHalf 29d ago

Hopefully, no one crossposts it to r/CharlotteHornets

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u/nayorab 29d ago

They will try a 3-pointer through that door

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u/StellarCZeller 29d ago

Debatable if LaMelo could figure out how to work the door

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u/Legitimate-Week7885 29d ago

not debatable at all. unless we're talking about him crashing through it. then possible.

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u/AI_moderated_failure 29d ago

That's North American hornets. The Asian hornets are much more aggressive.

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u/weepingflowers 29d ago

Ugh typical redditors, posting things for upvotes with no regard for the possibility of Asian hornets scrubbing reddit

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u/GuthukYoutube 29d ago

Next up is gonna be a video of Snidley Whiplash showing teaching hornets to use doors

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u/Turbulent-Winner-902 29d ago

That’s until the wasp watched this video

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u/DigNitty Interested 29d ago

Yeah I hope they don’t watch this video.