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Where Do Bees Sleep?
Episode 11 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
In this episode, Ask Dr. Universe answers the question, "where do bees sleep?"
Where and how bees sleep might be different that you imagined. Find out where bees get shut eye in this latest episode of Ask Dr. Universe. Have a science question of your own? Send it to Dr. Universe by visiting AskDrUniverse.wsu.edu.
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Ask Dr. Universe
Where Do Bees Sleep?
Episode 11 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Where and how bees sleep might be different that you imagined. Find out where bees get shut eye in this latest episode of Ask Dr. Universe. Have a science question of your own? Send it to Dr. Universe by visiting AskDrUniverse.wsu.edu.
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Like this one, where do bees sleep?
Sleep is important for lots of animals, including bees.
Look, this one looks very sleepy.
(bee yawns) How can you tell?
Well, bees don't have eyelids so they don't shut their eyes when they sleep.
Instead scientists have found that sleeping bees stop moving their antenna, or sometimes tip sideways a little.
- [Bee] Zoom.
- Older honeybees often take catnaps of about 15 to 30 seconds at a time.
Where a bee sleeps depends on where it lives.
These honey bees sleep in hives.
This solitary bee who flies alone might find a plant to sleep in, or make a nest.
A Teddy Bear bee might even bite into a branch and hang there while catches some Zs.
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