SciShow: Flowers, Bees, and... Yeast? It's a Pollination Love Triangle!

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Content of the Lesson: Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Bees and flowers are as classic a pair as peanut butter and jelly. But recent research suggests there's a third, much tinier partner in this relationship! Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/mighty-mutualisms-the-nature-of-plant-pollinator-13235427/ https://necsi.edu/mutualistic-relationships#:~:text=When%20they%20land%20in%20a,flowering%20plants%20get%20to%20reproduce.&text=3 https://www.britannica.com/science/yeast-fungus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871880/?tool=pmcentrez&report=abstract#RSPB20092252C19 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819527/#:~:text=Nectar%2Dinhabiting%20yeasts%20modify%20certain,and%20the%20sucrose%3Ahexose%20ratio https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecm.1393#:~:text=Quantitative%20analyses%20of%20sugar%20and,the%20chemical%20composition%20of%20nectar.&text=Overall%2C%20these%20results%20demonstrate%20that,may%20mediate%20plant%E2%80%93pollinator%20mutualisms. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191120131323.htm https://www.beeculture.com/catch-buzz-negative-effects-combined-stressors-including-infection-diet-quality-consumption-pesticides-pollinator-health-consequences-bees/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22119631/ https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.1597 https://thehoneybeeconservancy.org/why-bees/the-bumble-bee/


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