In this video, I taste test native stingless bee honey and see how it compares to regular European bee honey.
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Bet they wouldn't survive in the Netherlands? 🙁
gatta be careful putting out personal info when you've got almost 500k subs, that kind of stuff can backfire.
Good Morning Mark.
Can I just say? as someone who likes to watch cooking shows or any sort of culture show in which people try to describe taste and smell to the viewers, They could learn a lot from you! I just watched you taste honey for 5 minuets and with your use of word, emotion, facial expression and timed camera work I was left with the feeling I had tasted the honey for myself!
I love you videos mate and despite the fact I live in the UK so only 25% of your growing season matches mine ( Your winter vs our Summer) I still take great value from your show.
Regards
Mark UK
You're an international treasure, Mark
How do I get this set up with these specific bees in Perth?
Experienced this today in my parents garden. Found a hive accidentally under a rock and just dabbed my finger in the honey. It really was amazing. Left it at that tho. Hopefully we didn’t disturb them too much
That is so unique, and sounds absolutely amazing. I don’t know anything about keeping bees either lol
"It tastes like an old boy's port." …I'm gonna let that go and watch the video anyway LOL
thanks for putting up you uncles details for the hives , called him today ,,,
Hey Mark i have been watching your youtube Channel for sometime now i love it so much i even order some of your tshirts for me and my wife lol.
I love your funny jokes you do and you garden it has inspired me and my wife to do what we do.
please keep the vid's coming and check out my wife's youtube channel its called Lauren bailey we live in Tasmania and all the best to you and your famliy
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Ooh, black and yellow! Let's shake it up a little. Barry! Breakfast is ready! Ooming! Hang on a second. Hello? – Barry? – Adam? – Oan you believe this is happening? – I can't. I'll pick you up. Looking sharp. Use the stairs. Your father paid good money for those. Sorry. I'm excited. Here's the graduate. We're very proud of you, son. A perfect report card, all B's. Very proud. Ma! I got a thing going here. – You got lint on your fuzz. – Ow! That's me! – Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000. – Bye! Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! – Hey, Adam. – Hey, Barry. – Is that fuzz gel? – A little. Special day, graduation. Never thought I'd make it. Three days grade school, three days high school. Those were awkward. Three days college. I'm glad I took a day and hitchhiked around the hive. You did come back different. – Hi, Barry. – Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good. – Hear about Frankie? – Yeah. – You going to the funeral? – No, I'm not going. Everybody knows, sting someone, you die. Don't waste it on a squirrel. Such a hothead. I guess he could have just gotten out of the way. I love this incorporating an amusement park into our day. That's why we don't need vacations. Boy, quite a bit of pomp… under the circumstances. – Well, Adam, today we are men. – We are! – Bee-men. – Amen! Hallelujah! Students, faculty, distinguished bees, please welcome Dean Buzzwell. Welcome, New Hive Oity graduating class of… …9:15. That concludes our ceremonies. And begins your career at Honex Industries! Will we pick ourjob today? I heard it's just orientation. Heads up! Here we go. Keep your hands and antennas inside the tram at all times. – Wonder what it'll be like? – A little scary. Welcome to Honex, a division of Honesco and a part of the Hexagon Group. This is it! Wow. Wow. We know that you, as a bee, have worked your whole life to get to the point where you can work for your whole life. Honey begins when our valiant Pollen Jocks bring the nectar to the hive. Our top-secret formula is automatically color-corrected, scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured into this soothing sweet syrup with its distinctive golden glow you know as… Honey! – That girl was hot. – She's my cousin! – She is? – Yes, we're all cousins. – Right. You're right. – At Honex, we constantly strive to improve every aspect of bee existence. These bees are stress-testing a new helmet technology. – What do you think he makes? – Not enough. Here we have our latest advancement, the Krelman. – What does that do? – Oatches that little strand of honey that hangs after you pour it. Saves us millions. Oan anyone work on the Krelman? Of course. Most bee jobs are small ones. But bees know that every small job, if it's done well, means a lot. But choose carefully because you'll stay in the job you pick for the rest of your life. The same job the rest of your life? I didn't know that. What's the difference? You'll be happy to know that bees, as a species, haven't had one day off in 27 million years. So you'll just work us to death? We'll sure try. Wow! That blew my mind! "What's the difference?" How can you say that? One job forever? That's an insane choice to have to make. I'm relieved. Now we only have to make one decision in life. But, Adam, how could they never have told us that? Why would you question anything? We're bees. We're the most perfectly functioning society on Earth. You ever think maybe things work a little too well here? Like what? Give me one example. I don't know. But you know what I'm talking about. Please clear the gate. Royal Nectar Force on approach. Wait a second. Oheck it out. – Hey, those are Pollen Jocks! – Wow. I've never seen them this close. They know what it's like outside the hive. Yeah, but some don't come back. – Hey, Jocks! – Hi, Jocks! You guys did great! You're monsters! You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it! – I wonder where they were. – I don't know. Their day's not planned. Outside the hive, flying who knows where, doing who knows what. You can'tjust decide to be a Pollen Jock. You have to be bred for that. Right. Look. That's more pollen than you and I will see in a lifetime. It's just a status symbol. Bees make too much of it. Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it and the ladies see you wearing it. Those ladies? Aren't they our cousins too? Distant. Distant. Look at these two. – Oouple of Hive Harrys. – Let's have fun with them. It must be dangerous being a Pollen Jock. Yeah. Once a bear pinned me against a mushroom! He had a paw on my throat, and with the other, he was slapping me! – Oh, my! – I never thought I'd knock him out. What were you doing during this? Trying to alert the authorities. I can autograph that. A little gusty out there today, wasn't it, comrades? Yeah. Gusty. We're hitting a sunflower patch six miles from here tomorrow. – Six miles, huh? – Barry! A puddle jump for us, but maybe you're not up for it. – Maybe I am. – You are not! We're going 0900 at J-Gate. What do you think, buzzy-boy? Are you bee enough? I might be. It all depends on what 0900 means. Hey, Honex! Dad, you surprised me. You decide what you're interested in? – Well, there's a lot of choices. – But you only get one. Do you ever get bored doing the same job every day? Son, let me tell you about stirring. You grab that stick, and you just move it around, and you stir it around. You get yourself into a rhythm. It's a beautiful thing. You know, Dad, the more I think about it, maybe the honey field just isn't right for me. You were thinking of what, making balloon animals? That's a bad job for a guy with a stinger. Janet, your son's not sure he wants to go into honey! – Barry, you are so funny sometimes. – I'm not trying to be funny. You're not funny! You're going into honey. Our son, the stirrer! – You're gonna be a stirrer? – No one's listening to me! Wait till you see the sticks I have. I could say anything right now. I'm gonna get an ant tattoo! Let's open some honey and celebrate! Maybe I'll pierce my thorax. Shave my antennae. Shack up with a grasshopper. Get a gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"! I'm so proud. – We're starting work today! – Today's the day. Oome on! All the good jobs will be gone. Yeah, right. Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring, stirrer, front desk, hair removal… – Is it still available? – Hang on. Two left! One of them's yours! Oongratulations! Step to the side. – What'd you get? – Picking crud out. Stellar! Wow! Oouple of newbies? Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready! Make your choice. – You want to go first? – No, you go. Oh, my. What's available? Restroom attendant's open, not for the reason you think. – Any chance of getting the Krelman? – Sure, you're on. I'm sorry, the Krelman just closed out. Wax monkey's always open. The Krelman opened up again. What happened? A bee died. Makes an opening. See? He's dead. Another dead one. Deady. Deadified. Two more dead. Dead from the neck up. Dead from the neck down. That's life! Oh, this is so hard! Heating, cooling, stunt bee, pourer, stirrer, humming, inspector number seven, lint coordinator, stripe supervisor, mite wrangler. Barry, what do you think I should… Barry? Barry! All right, we've got the sunflower patch in quadrant nine… What happened to you? Where are you? – I'm going out. – Out? Out where? – Out there. – Oh, no! I have to, before I go to work for the rest of my life. You're gonna die! You're crazy! Hello? Another call coming in. If anyone's feeling brave, there's a Korean deli on 83rd that gets their roses today. Hey, guys. – Look at that. – Isn't that the kid we saw yesterday? Hold it, son, flight deck's restricted. It's OK, Lou.
Ha! I was browsing DuckDuckGo for Stingless Bee info after watching your video, lo and behold the article I clicked was from your very own site. Of course I didn't realzie that until I read the article, then finally looked up at the URL bar to see where I was. Good stuff, thanks for all you do.
What microphone gear do you use Mark?
Hmmm… been waiting two weeks and still no new videos. What’s up Mark? Sure miss them!
I've always wanted to raise bees for pollination, but since I'm allergic to them I've always had some pretty complicated plans for keeping them away from my house and my animals when the time comes to bring in the hives. I can't believe in all my research about Australian gardening and plant husbandry this is my first time learning that the native bees literally can't sting me. Looks like I'll be saving a bit of money on patio and chicken coop netting lol.
Never heard of these little wonders, very cool! Tel us what a kilo costs? I used to raise normal honey bees and the cost to do so and the work involved is enormous no doubt if these bees only produce 1 kg it better be expensive!
What? Something native Australian that doesn't kill you?
Unrelated to native bees… I live in north eastern NSW and I cannot for the life of me grow coriander. I have tried in the garden, in pots, different soil, different times of the year. Any tips? Thanks
I love your channel, you are truly blessed.
Are the bee hives inside styrofoam boxes?
这是什么密蜂？长得真奇怪
cool as
Flow bee combs have a good product.. Aussie product
Would be good for mead
What a tremendous class of ecological education, many people don't even know there's bees without stings or that the honey bee is european (although is usually called european or africanized honey bee).
Here in Brazil we have many species os stingless bees, some closer to the dimensions of the european honey bee, like Uruçu (Melipona scutellaris).
I gasped when I saw your garden. looks like paradise.