Food Theory: Bees are Fish

Imagine being a lawyer and going to the court to convince the judge that bees are fish

it's almost time for matpat to eat a Christmas tree. what a great tradition. good luck this year.

This brings flying fish to a whole other level

10:53 fun fact: bees are one of the animals we can consider consenting to us taking their products, since bees can and will leave a beekeeper doing a bad job

At this point, MatPat can probably convince me everyone is secretly a bowl of cereal. He's doing more to change minds than most politicians.

I am surprised that matpat could go through the entire video without giving a bad bee pun. Good job matpat :)

Imagine going to an aquarium and it's just a room with a buncha bees flyin around.

If I ever somehow get into some futuristic accident, where I lose my spine, but still are living, I’m gonna say to myself, “Now I am fish”

For a college research paper I wrote specifically about this issue. As someone who is a bee keeper, it is good to see attention brought to this issue!

As a beekeeper in California (not a big one I only have a small apiary) it is hilarious to see MatPat discovering some of the ins and outs of beekeeping and the funny laws we’ve got! And of course by beekeeper I mean fishkeeper. Of course. Anyway. Respect your native bees! We really need bumble bees and the rest of them! If you’ve got a hive in an inconvenient spot, call a local beekeeper who promises not to exterminate! And if the bees are in a place they’re not bothering anyone, leave them be(e)! They won’t bother you unless you bother them!

I'm a beekeeper so I knew all of the facts that you presented in this video but I found your journey in learning them very amusing

I also like to point out that honey isn't just seafood. Per the FDA or is classified as a raw meat. That makes honey sushi

Petition for Mat to make a biology channel just dedicated to crazy theories about real life animals.

We just get even more and more worried about mat every week

I am quite familiar with having bees shipped to our home. My father is a farmer, and I remember every year we would buy bee boxes. I always hated them because right when the trees started flowering I wouldn't go in them because there were so many bees, but it helped with pollination, so that's good, I guess.

I don't think I can live without bumblebee butts. They're too cute and play a crucial part in the ecosystem. They need to be protected at all costs.

From now on, I'm going to call honey "bee caviar".

Okay here's a fun technicality for you with your annual christmas tree eating... there's a weird branch of conifers known as the Gnetales, of which the genus Gentum is of particular interest here. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable, and the nuts can be eaten various ways too. Instead of chomping down some pine needles, you could have a genuinely tasty meal and still technically have a traditional christmas tree, since an evergreen conifer sounds plenty christmasy to me! Quick edit with a little bit of extra info since this seems to be mildly popular: I'd recommend going for Gnetum gnemon, as it is one of two species of tree in the genus Gnetum, the other being Gnetum costatum. All other Gnetum are lianas (woody vines; technically you could grow these like a tree with a lot of pruning and patience... but why would you?), and all save for G. gnemon are ridiculously obscure (good luck finding so much as a scrap of information about them, let along some actual seeds or plants to grow). Even G gnemon doesn't seem to be particularly easy to come by... but definitely available with some quick searching online. Also, turns out there's more than just the leaves and seeds that are edible, pfaf has some good info on this. The genus even produces extrafloral nectaries, so if you really wanted to experiment I'm sure the nectar is edible.

You telling me im allergic to a fish? No pool or beach will see me in/on them again.

I'm a fan of you MatPak that's why i gave you a new theory for the future.😅 It's my way of thanking you for the New Years for all the videos you entertained me, so thanks for cheering me up too.🤩👌🏻