Orchid Bees – Euglossa
Purchase: hilaroad.com The relationship between Orchid Bees (genus Euglossa)and Orchids is remarkable. This video shows male Orchid Bees collecting fragrance from a Mexican Orchid, Mormodes badia. Filmed at Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens: www.vallartabotanicalgardensac.org


December 18th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Very well done!! No unnecessary sensationalism, good tempo and good camera work.
Congratulations!
December 18th, 2009 at 9:20 am
These are one of my favorite types of bees when it comes to visuals because if you watch them in slow motion, they look like machines with bigger black legs. They almost look like they are a machine when they hover over flowers.
December 18th, 2009 at 9:37 am
you ever notice how a bee’s abdomen pulses? it looks soo wierd!
December 18th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Those are the prettiest bees I have ever seen, they almost look alien.
This is fascinating stuff.
You have a calming voice.
I thank you for uploading.
December 18th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Very nice video!
December 18th, 2009 at 10:44 am
these bees have such an awesome color to them
December 18th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Very informative video!
(^_^)b
December 18th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Well done! Just another of the myriad examples in nature of our awesome creator! Thank you!
December 18th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Great vid
so the male bees are splashing on a bit of the old CK Orchid to get lucky with the lady b’s, randy buggers lol.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
fascinating… excellent presentation.
i have grown orchids for many years…
the symbiosis is amazing
December 18th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Top quality. Thank you!
December 18th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
There’s also orchids that look like bees, so that they get pollinated when real bees try to have sex with them.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Amazingly fascinating
December 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Wow! Very well presented and explained! Thanks for sharing this with us! 5/5
December 18th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
this starts the perfume for the bees.
December 18th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Truly fascinating! Thank you for explaining this so simply & beautifully.
December 18th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
How cool! Thanks for making these videos! Keep up the good work.
December 18th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
“Insects and plants interacting in a remarkable way”, indeed!! What an eloquent, lucid, articulate and very informed presentation.
Amazing and awesome!!!
December 18th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I would say its simply fascinating, but its a complex interaction, but still fascinating!
December 18th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
This is great please continue making these tremendously educational and entertaining video’s % stars from me ….
December 18th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Nothing! Getting the girl is everything for a guy bee! 5 stars from me.
December 18th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Just Fabulous !
December 18th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Very, very neat video! It’s amazing that the bees continue to benefit the flower even though they get almost nothing themselves! 4 stars!
December 18th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
This repost of the Orchid Bee video includes some corrections and edits.