- Title: PA-10
- Summary: BEE CITY: HUMOROUS LOOK AT THE LIFE OF A BEE. LIFE INSIDE BEE HIVE. LIFE CYCLE OF BEE. insect world.
- Description:01:00:51 - CU TIME LAPSE FILM SHOWS PUSSY WILLOW OPEN FROM BUD TO FULL GROWN FLOWER. 01:01:07 - MS THOUSANDS OF BEES GATHERING, FLYING, AROUND COMMERCIAL BEE HIVE, CONTAINING 40 TO 50 THOUSANDS BEES, MCU GLOVED HANDS PULL OUT ONE OF SEVERAL BROOD CHAMBERS, MCU BEES MOVING AROUND, FEEDING. THOUSANDS OF CELLS, EACH CONTAINING BEE LARVA. 01:01:29 - CU FLOWERED HANDS REMOVE UPPER PART OF HIVE WHERE THE HONEY IS STORED, CALLED THE :SOUPER", CU BEES MOVING AROUND "SOUPER". CU HE REMOVES GRILL WHICH PREVENTS QUEEN BEE FROM LAYING EGGS IN HONEY STORING PLACE. CU, ECU, SEVERAL VIEWS BUSY BEES T ENDING EGG CHAMBERS. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS. 01:02:05 - ECU HEAD OF WORKER BEE SHOWING ANTENNA MOVING TO DETECT ODORS. CU VIEW EYE OF BEE MAGNIFIED MANY TIMES, SHOWING THOUSANDS OF LENSES. BEE HAS TWO COMPOUND EYES AND THREE SIMPLE ONES. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS THEIR USE. CU BEE TENDING CHAMBERS. 01:02:36 - CU VARIOUS VIEWS OF BROOD CELLS WITH EGG. CU BEE LARVE, CU VIEW SEVERAL LARVA MOVING IN CELLS. CU VIEWS FAST MOVING BEES ATTENDING CELLS. CU CURLED UP LARVA IN CELLS, 01:03:09 - CU EGG LAYING NEXT TO LARVA. COMPARES ENORMOUS GROWTH AFTER ONLY FIVE DAYS, TELLS OF EXTENSIVE FEEDING TAKING PLACE IN THAT TIME BY THE NURSERY ATTENDANTS, CU MORE LARVA IN CELLS. CU VIEW LARVA ABOUT TO HATCH. EXITS AS ADULT BEE. NURSE MAIDS HELP IT OUT OF CELL, CLEAN IT OFF. CU SIDE VIEW YOUNG BEE SQUEEZING OUT OF HIVE. 01:04:13 - CU MANY YOUNG BEES MOVING AROUND MAKING WAX. WAX MAKING IS DELEGATED TO YOUNGER BEES, IT TAKES BEES 6 TIMES AS LONG TO MAKE A POUND OF WAX AS IT DOES TO MAKE A POUND OF HONEY. bees wax 01:04:22 - BUST "STREET CLEANER" BEES, CLEAN UP THE HIVE CU BEE FLAPS ITS WINGS TO CREATE BREEZE TO VENTILATE THE HIVE. 01:04:46 - BEES GATHER UP POLLEN FROM PUSSY WILLOW FLOWERS, VARIOUS CU VIEWS BEE GATHERING POLLEN FROM FLOWER. CU VIEWS POLLEN ON HIND LEGS OF BEES. GOING FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER WITH THE POLLEN HELPS FERTILIZE BLOSSOMS YO GET FRUIT. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS 01:05:37 - BEES SWARMING ON HIVE. 01:05:55 - HAND PLACES SMALL TRAY OF SUGARED WATER ON TABLE, BEE STARTS TO DRINK. AS BEE DRINKS, A DROP OF THE WATER IS DROPPED ON BEE WITH EYE DROPPER, BEE IS FOLLOWED BACK TO HIVE AND IS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDER BY THRONG OF BEES WHO GET SCENT WHICH LEADS THEM TO SUGARED WATER. CU VIEWS SAME. CU VARIOUS VIEWS BEES DRINKING SUGARED WATER FROM PAN. 01:07:04 - CU WASP INTRUDES ON BEES GATHERING SUGARED WATER,, GROUP OF BEES ATTACK WASP, WASP IS KILLED. CU VIEW OF BATTLE. 01:07:26 - CU VARIOUS VIEWS ANTS, WORSE ENEMY OF BEES, ATTACKING BEES, CU ANTS KILLING BEE DURING VIOLENT BATTLE. IF ANTS GET INTO HIVE, THE HIVE IS DOOMED. CU VARIOUS VIEWS BEES IN VIOLENT, MORTAL COMBAT WITH ANTS WHO GOT INTO HIVE. 01:08:13 - CU VIEW QUEEN BEE LAYING EGG IN A QUEEN CELL. CU SWARM WORKERS FEEDING QUEEN LARVA ROYAL JELLY, WHICH MAKES LARVA MUCH LARGER QUEEN BEE. CU YOUNG QUEEN ABOUT TO HATCH. CU QUEEN WORKS ITSELF OUT OF CELL. CU TWO HATCHING QUEENS IN MORTAL COMBAT, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE QUEEN TO A HIVE. 01:09:37 - CU VARIOUS VIEWS THOUSANDS BEES SWARMING AFTER APPEARANCE OF QUEEN. BEES, INCLUDING OLD QUEEN ALIGHTS ON BRANCH OF TREE BY THE THOUSANDS, CU SAME. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS HOW THESE BEES CAN BE EASILY HANDLED, PLACED INTO EMPTY HIVE FOR PROCESS TO BEGIN ALL OVER AGAIN. CU VARIOUS VIEWS BEES BUILDING UP NEW HIVE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-10