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Wait, no I said laughing twice.
Weewau on the weekend, yeah.
Weewau on the weekend, clap clap.
Weewau on the weekend, because this is what we do on the weekend.
Hello and welcome to Weewau on the Weekend.
I'm your host, Dennis and that's my co -host, Reggie the Giant Pigeon.
This is the show where we hang out and unwind and chillax and vibe in my mother's basement.
Oh, right! And we also listen to TankeR painful podcast and answer questions from my devoted listeners.
So Reggie, what should we do first?
A dance party, that's a great idea for a new segment!
Ahem. Dance party! Dance, dance, dance party!
Dance, dance, party, party, party, party dance.
Reggie, no! That wasn't the dance party, it was just a song to introduce the dance party!
Well, I suppose you're right.
You could dance to the dance party song.
But I want to pick some music!
What have we got on the tape player right now?
Oh! No! Not that! Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off, turn it off!
How did Manor's etiquette jamboree get in there?
No, I definitely have a much more very cool tape around here somewhere.
Oh, do you have one?
Okay. We'll give it here.
Let's see, this tape says, once upon a beat.
Oh, that's our new Tinkercast podcast that just came out.
Yeah. The one that has fairy tales and hip hop and DJ Fuche.
Looks to be a song title, get a quack in from the episode Funky Duckling.
Oh, you're right. I bet it's a remix of the story of the ugly duckling Oh boy!
Put it on, put it on, put it on Oh wow!
Reggie, turn it up!
It's easy to choose, like duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, goose.
But I'm so funky that you can't refuse.
Now watch this so -called Duck Get Loose.
Let's get it quackin', I'm about to go duck wild.
But I'm not a duck, I'ma foul with my own style.
I'm not a Mallet, far from standard. I get loose, yo, I'm not a goose, but you can gander cause I'm glamorous.
Ready for the cameras in action.
So stylish, I even pose while relaxin'.
And bulky like sequins, and wax on a mustache You talking smack, it's like water off a duck's back I let it slide, get it right, I'm kinda dope But I'm alone so imma go and find my own kind I hope birds of a feather flock together But I never ever met another brother like me I guess I better get up and go And take my show on the road Are there others like me, or have they broken the mold?
Will I find my own kind?
Yo, nobody knows I'll solve the mystery until that case is totally closed Well, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck Man, you know what it is But if it walks different, talks different Then the whole block listen up I'ma tell you this Who's the different one?
Yo, it's easy to choose Like Duck, Duck, Duck, Da -Duck, Duck, Goose But I'm so funky that you can't refuse Now watch this so -called Duck get goose That was so cool!
More, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more!
Reggie, do more Once Upon a Beat!
What? That's all we have. Well, where's the rest?
Okay. Let's see. What does this say?
Follow once upon a beat on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
New episodes are available everywhere on May 1st. Oh, Reggie, we're already past May 1st. Oh, so we can listen now?
Oh, I can't wait to go where hip hop and fables meet.
It's once upon a beat.
Okay, next up is a little segment I like to call Inside TinkerCast Studios.
Inside TinkerCast Studios.
This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite TinkerCast shows.
And today, we're listening to Wow in the World Season 2 Episode 30 called, Unbelievable Bees.
In this episode, Mendy loses her bees.
WEE -WOW! I know, it's a mystery!
And it's the first time in Wow in the World where we hear from Detective Mindy and Inspector Guy, Private Eye!
Yeah, they barely do their detective voices in this one.
But still, it's the first Wow in the World mystery!
WEE -WOW! OK, here we go!
And play. Wee -wow, we'll be right back.
Grownups, this message is for you.
That's it. Now back to the show.
What in the world? Samantha!
Susan! Johnny! Are you guys Mindy?
Why are you yelling so much?
It's 4 o 'clock in the morning.
Good morning, Guy Raz.
What's with all the shouting?
I'm not supposed to be at yoga for another hour and a half, You know how important it is to me to get my full eight hours of sleep Yeah, I know that's why you never make it out to my and Reggie's late -night warehouse dance parties right Reggie Certainly one of the reasons is loud music also makes me kind of nervous Really now a nice afternoon warehouse sonata what that's something I could get behind Okay.
So what's with all the yelling?
This isn't a repeat of last week.
Is it? Oh, no should I get out my noise canceling headphones?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah! Mindy, what are you doing?
Sorry, Kai Oz, I've got the regional yelling competition tomorrow morning.
Aaaaaaaaah! I gotta practice!
Use the noise canceling headphones I gave you!
Uhhh, okay. Sweet dreams!
Aaaaaaaah! No! This isn't a repeat of last week.
My next yelling match isn't until next month.
Then what's with all the noise?
Ugh, I can't find any of my bees' guy rows.
They've all vanished into thin air.
Your bees? Yeah, I woke up wanting a midnight snack.
A 4 AM snack. OK, fine.
A 4 AM snack. Any who, I needed something to dip my Pop -Tart into, so I thought I'd come out here to ask my bees for some of their honey.
But they're all gone.
Wait a minute, Mindy.
You're a beekeeper?
Well, I'd like to think of myself as more of a bed and be -r -e -c -fast. Get it?
Get it? Be -r -e -c -fast?
Mandy. Anywho, they're free to come and go as they please, and I charge very reasonable rates.
Reasonable rates? Yeah, I charge them three ounces of honey per night.
What? And four ounces on weekends and national holidays.
Okay. But when I came out this morning, they were all gone.
The only one that's left here is Beyonce.
Beyonce? Yeah, the queen bee.
Oh, right. So now I'm trying to find her long -lost friends.
I've printed out some flyers, called the missing bee unit at the police station, and now I'm on to stage 3.
Which is? Yelling randomly in the street.
Mindy. Hey, I just had an idea.
What's that? Can you help me find them?
I mean you've got such a good yelling voice, Guy Rozz.
I do not! I do not.
Uh huh. But I guess I'm awake now.
Okay, fine. Let me get my slippers on and I'll be right down.
Yes! If you like it than you should've put a sting on it.
Don't be mad now that the bees want it!
Uh oh! Mindy, were you just - Oh Guy Rozz!
No! Okay. Hey, can I have a look at that flyer, Mindy?
Oh, here. Sure. Oh.
Okay. Let's see here.
Bees missing. Very important to ecosystem.
Needed for pollination and pop -tart dipping.
Missing bees include Susan Bee, Anthony Johnny, Bee Good, and Samantha Bee.
Mindy, are you eating the pop -tart?
I just missed them both so much. What?
I wonder where they all could have gone.
Wait a minute, Mindy.
I think I know what this is.
You do? Yup! Wait right here!
I have a book on it back home.
What? Wait! Ugh. It feels like they should have put a stain on it.
Don't be mad now that the bees want it.
Uh -oh, uh, uh -oh, uh -oh, uh -oh, uh -oh.
Ta -dah! Uh, Gairoz, why are you wearing that trench coat and detective's hat?
Because, Mindy, what we have here is a mystery.
A mystery? It was 4 o 'clock in the morning.
The sky was black as ink.
And I could only think in metaphors.
It was then that the case of the missing bees fell directly onto my lap.
Uh, what was that? Oh, I was just doing the whole detective mystery narration thing.
Oh, OK, well, first of all, I can't even hear you when you're narrating, since it's all in your head and you won't let me back in there after the last time.
And second of all, I don't even have a trench coat.
How am I supposed to be your detective partner when I'm dressed like this?
Yeah, I was going to ask you about that, Mindy.
Why are you wearing that mascot costume?
Well, my beekeeping costume is at the dry cleaners because I spilled honey all over it last week, and this was the next best thing.
Giant kangaroo costume?
Well, technically it's a wallaby costume, but yeah.
Oh. All right. You're looking at the Washington Wallaby.
The Washington Wallaby?
Yeah. For the National Ultimate Frisbee team.
Well, if that's what you want to wear, that's OK.
but I thought you might want a spare trench coat, so I brought one.
Oh, thanks, buddy. Let me just...
get it on here. It's a little snag here over this mascot costume.
OK, there we go. Alright, all set.
Let's go solve this mystery.
Alright, Detective Mindy.
Here's the prime suspect.
C .C .D. CCD. I knew it.
What CCD? CCD, colony collapse disorder.
It's been causing havoc in the bee community since 2006.
How dare it? And according to this book here.
You mean its case file.
Of course. According to its case file, colony collapse disorder is a phenomenon where the majority of worker bees evacuate the hive, and then they leave behind the queen to fend for herself.
Beyonce! And a hive without its worker bees can't survive.
So after a while, the whole thing just collapses.
Which is why it's called colony collapse disorder.
Correct -a -mundo, Detective Mindy.
But the question is why, Inspector Guy Raz, why?
Well, that's where the mystery lies.
According to its case file, there are three main factors that could be causing this.
Factor number one. A bee virus.
A bee virus? Yep! A parasite known as Varroa destructor.
This parasite sucks the blood out of the bees, and it causes their wings to shrivel up, and it makes it very difficult for them to fly home.
Yikes! Okay, factor number 2.
Pesticides. Pesticides?
You mean like the chemicals that farmers use on their crops to stop bugs from eating them?
Exactly, and although these pesticides are only meant to kill the bugs that chomp down on crops like corn and fruit, some pesticides have also been hurting bees that land on those crops.
Man, ruthless! Okay, factor number three.
Habitat loss. But habitats are like homes.
You mean some bees are being kicked out of their homes?
Well, sort of. Bees have a pretty large area where they fly and collect food.
This is called their foraging range.
And in recent years, a lot of that area has been cleared, meaning...
Meaning less food and nutrition for the poor little bees.
Exactly! So they just keep going out further and further to find food.
And then they sometimes can't find their way back home.
Well it appears we've cracked the case Inspector Gairoz.
Why don't we – Sorry Gairoz, I can't do it.
I can't do the detective voice, it hurts my throat, can we just talk normally?
She asked if we could stop doing our detective parody.
She said the voice hurt her throat.
She had a point. It had been - G -G -Guys!
Oh so sorry, yeah sure thing Mindy.
So colony collapse disorder.
Huh, that must be why all my bees disappeared.
Yeah, and it looks like you might have to head down to 7 -Eleven to get your honey fix from now on.
What? Don't be redonkulous creatures.
This is not just about honey and poptarts.
Well, what do you mean?
Bees are an important part of our ecosystem.
You mean how bees help out with pollination?
That's exactly what I mean.
Pollination is how plants reproduce or make more of themselves.
And they do this by catching a ride on everyone's favorite flying insect.
The bee. Yup. As the bees go around from flower to flower or crop to crop, they collect pollen on their feet.
Because pollen is really sticky.
Right, like stepping in some gum and it's sticking to the bottom of your shoe.
Ugh, that's gross. Then when they land on the next plant, a little bit of this pollen rubs off their feet.
Kind of like how you brush your feet off on a doormat.
You know it, Guyrozz.
Then this pollen fertilizes that plant, which can then turn into a fruit or a vegetable or a flower.
That's probably why flowers are so colorful and pleasant.
What do you mean? Well, the nicer a flower looks and smells, the more likely a bee will land on it and carry its pollen off to another flower.
Hmm, talk about making a good impression.
Right? And that's why these guys are so important.
Something like 80 % of all pollination is done by bees.
80 %? Yep. So you're telling me that 8 out of every 10 plants needs bees to make more of themselves?
You know it. And that's why scientists are so worried about colony collapse disorder.
If the bees keep disappearing, the plants could go too.
That's terrible, Mindy.
Tell me about it. But luckily, a group of scientists from Bangor University in the United Kingdom are on the case.
Scientist detectives!
Pretty epic combo, right?
Yeah! So what are these scientists from the U .K. doing to solve the problem of colony collapse disorder?
Well, they're tracking bees using this.
Uh, I don't see anything.
Uh, it's right here, Guy Raz, right there on the tip of my pinky finger.
Uh, huh? Um, hold on.
You might need some magnifying goggles.
I think I've got mine right here.
It's OK. I've got a pair.
You just happened to have magnifying goggles in your pajama pocket?
Yeah, I never go to sleep without them.
OK? All right, let's see here.
Huh, oh I think I see it.
It's like a small black box.
What is this, Mindy?
That, Guy Raz, is a bee backpack.
A bee backpack? Yes, so these little trackers are attached to the backs of the bees and then monitored or watched by the scientists to see how and where the bees are going.
But Mindy, you called it a backpack.
I don't see any straps or cargo pockets.
It doesn't even have a hydration pack.
How is this a backpack?
OK, so bees typically weigh about the same as four grains of rice.
OK. And these little trackers are about 1 third of the weight of a bee, making them about the same weight as what a backpack would be to you or me.
Wow. And the trackers that scientists have used in the past to track bees have weighed as much, if not more, than the actual bees themselves.
Which, I guess, would be like us humans carrying a panda bear on our back.
Right, so all of those studies in the past that have tracked bees were not exactly super accurate.
Yeah, I bet. I mean, if I was walking around with a panda on my back, I probably wouldn't hike or walk as far as I normally do.
Great outdoors! So how is this backpack so light?
Well, the researchers were able to take out the battery, which in the trackers before was the heaviest part.
Wait, so how does this tracker work if it has no battery?
Oh so this part is really cool.
The tracker uses the electrical energy created by the bees beating wings to power the device.
Wow! So the bee is powering its own backpack?!
Isn't that so wow?!
And by knowing more about the foraging habit of the bees, like where they fly to and what they interact with, that could probably give us more clues as to what is causing colony collapse disorder.
and help us close the case once and for all.
Hey, look, Mindy. The sun is rising.
Oh, yeah. Wait. What's that on the horizon?
What in the? guy, Roz, give me those magnifying goggles.
Mindy, I'm not sure that's how magnifying goggles work.
It's my beads! Samantha, Johnny, Susan, gang's all here!
Guys, where have you been?
You had me worried.
Sick! Mmhmm! Uh -huh!
Oh, ow! Oh, OK, that's fair.
What'd they say, Mindy?
Oh, they said they just popped out for a midnight snack.
Mmhmm! Sorry, a 4 AM snack.
Mmhmm! I would love some honey!
Mmhmm! Discounted rate!
Mmhmm! Ugh, fine. I'll give you my friends discount.
Mindy, uh, would you mind if I got some honey too?
It'll go great with my chamomile tea.
Oh, sure thing, Guy Raz.
I'll even give it to you at an unbee -table price, get it?
Come on, I'll be reasonable, but I'm still trying to run a buzz -ness here, get it?
You get it? Wow, that was so cool!
What a great mystery.
So bees pollinate flowers, and pollinating the flowers helps the flowers make more flowers?
RRRRR! Like my prize winning azaleas?
RRR! Wow, thanks bees!
You're the real prize winners!
RRRR! RRRR! Reggie, no, I'm not gonna give the bees any of my prizes.
RRRRR! Because I'll make them their own prizes!
RRRRR! Yeah, like best bees!
RRR! Or best pollinators!
RRRRR! Or best dancers!
RRRRR! RRRRR! Fine, you can have best dancer.
RRRRR! Okay, let's wrap up the show.
RRR! Ah, ah, ah, ah.
Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to Wee Wow on the weekend.
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Okay, should we do the goodbye song?
That's the end of the show.
Bees are cool. And so are flowers.
And me. And Once Upon a Bee.
And Reggie. But I'll do another show tomorrow But for now that's the end of the show -eee.
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