WeWow on the Weekend

Hey, Bowser fams! Mindy year! And before we start the show! Oh! Hey, Reg! What's that? A new pigeon dropping? Isn't that the postcard you send out to members of the world organization of Wowsers every quarter? Can I see it? What? You need to see if I'm a member of the WOW first? But Reg, come on! It's me, Mindy! Huh? You're not seeing a Mindy on the list? Okay, uh, try a Mandy. I think Thomas Finkirling signed me up. Yes! Can I get my pigeon dropping now? What? I gotta wait for it in the mail? But it's right there! Okay, fine. Guess I'll go wait out by the mailbox. In the meantime, to get the next quarterly mailing from Reggie, runups, you can sign your Wowser up to be a member of the World Organization of Wowsers by Monday March 16th. It's so top secret I haven't even seen it yet. Now, where'd I put my mailbox? Runups, when you sign your Wowser up to be a member of the World Organization of Wowsers, you also get birthday cards in the mail from me and Guy Ross, access to over a thousand online activities inspired by our podcast, and a welcome kit from me and Guy Ross, including our autographs and a special t-shirt. Plus, you get to help support all the work that goes into powering the WOW at TinkerCast. Runups, visit TinkerCast.com, slash membership to sign up today. That's TinkerCast.com slash membership. That's it! And now, let's get back to the show. We WOW on the weekend. We WOW on the weekend. We WOW on the weekend. Cause this is what we do on the weekend. Talking, laughing, me and Reggie, singing, laughing. And then we, oh wait, no, I said laughing twice. Ah, whatever. We WOW on the weekend. We WOW on the weekend. Cause this is what we do on the weekend. Hello and welcome to We WOW 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 TinkerCast 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. Dance party, a dance dance party. Dance dance 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 do we got in the tape player right now? Wash your head. No, not that. Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off, turn it off. How did manners 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 that new TinkerCast podcast that just came out. Yeah, the one that has fairy tales and hip hop and DJ fuchs. Looks to be a song title, Get a Quackin' 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 off. Put yourself told over your webtoes, pick a little like this. Well, if you walk like duck, duck, it talks like duck, man. You know what it is. But if you walk like duck, different than the whole clockless enough, I'ma tell you this. Who's the different one? Yo, 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 come, duck, get loose. Let's get it quacking, I'm about to go duck wow. Well, I'm not a truck, I'ma fly with my own style. I'm not a madder, far from standard, I get loose. Yo, I'm not a goose, but you can get it because I'm glamorous. Ready for the camera, as an action. I'm not a slow-styled, I eat clothes while relaxing. Funky like sequins and wax on a mustache, you fucking 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 I'ma go and find my own kind. I hope birds of a feather flock together. But I never ever met another girl that like me. I guess I better get up and go and take my show on the road. Or the others like me, or have they broken the mold? Well, I've got my own kind, yo. Nobody knows, I saw the mystery until that case is totally cloned. If it rocks like a duck, it talks like a duck. Man, you know what it is. But if it rocks, if it rocks, if it's different, then the whole clock listen up, I'ma tell you this. Who's the different one? Yo, it's easy to choose, like duck, duck, duck, duck, duck. Goose, but I'm so fucking that you can't refuse. Now watch this so called duck, get loose. That was so cool. Oh wow. More, more, more, more, more, more, more, more. Veggie, do more once upon a beat. What? That's all we have. Where's the rest? Oh, 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, Veggie, 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 Beans. In this episode, Mendy loses her bees. I know, it's a mystery. And it's the first time in Wow in the World where we hear from Detective Mendy an 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. Okay, here we go. And let. We will be right back. Grownups, this message is for you. Hey, grownups. 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Why are you yelling so much? It's 4 o'clock in the morning! Good morning, Guy Ross. What's with all this shouting? I'm not supposed to be a yoga for another hour and a half. And 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, Reg? Certainly one of the reasons this 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 cancelling headphones? What are you doing? Sorry, Guy Ross. I've got the regional yelling competition tomorrow morning. I've got a practice. Use the noise cancelling headphones I gave you. Okay. Sweet dreams. 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? I can't find any of my bees, Guy Ross. They've all banished into thin air. Your bees? Yeah, woke up wanting a midnight snack. A 4 a.m. snack. Okay, fine, a 4 a.m. snack. Anywho, 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, maybe you're beekeeper? Well, I'd like to think of myself as more of a bed and beer-acquist. Get it? Get it? Be breakfast? Mendy. 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. 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. Uh-huh. Called the Missing Bee Unit at the police station. Uh-huh. And now, I'm on to stage three. Which is? Yelling randomly in the street. Mendy. Hey, I just had an idea. Oh, what's that? Can you help me find them? I mean, you've got such a good yelling voice, Kairaz. I do not. Uh-huh. But I guess I'm awake now. Okay, fine. Let me get my slippers on them and I'll be right down. Yes. If you like it, then should've both stay on it. Don't be mad now that the bees want it. Uh-oh. I mean, where are you just? How can I rise? No. Okay. Hey, can I have a look at that flyer, Mendy? Oh, here. Sure. Okay, let's see here. Bees missing. Fairy, important to ecosystem needed for pollination and pop tart dipping. Missing bees include Susan B. Anthony, Johnny, B. Good, and Samantha, B. Mendy, are you eating the pop tart? I'm just missing the balls so much. I wonder what they're going to eat. I wonder where the eggs have gone. Wait a minute, Mendy. I think I know what this is. You do? Yup. Wait right here. I have a book on it, back home. What? Wait. Ugh. If you think you should've both stayed on it. Don't be mad now that the bees want it. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Ta-da. Ta-da. Uh-uh. Gaira, why are you wearing that trench coat and detectives hat? Because Mendy, what we have here, is a mystery. A mystery. It was four 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? No, I was just talking like, you know, the whole detective mystery narration thing. Oh. Okay. 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. Mendy, 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. Uh, 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, that's what you want to wear. That's okay, 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 snug here over this mascot costume. Okay, there we go. All right, go all set. Let's go solve this mystery. All right, Detective Mendy, here's the prime suspect. CCD. CCD. I knew it. What's it? CCD. I knew it. What's 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. Beyoncé! 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 Mendy. But the question is why Inspector Guy Ross 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 Veroa 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 two. 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 chop 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 and specked our guy, Raj. Why don't we... Sorry, garage. I can't do it. I cannot 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 heard her throat. She had a point. It had been... It was... Oh, so sorry. Yeah, sure thing, Mindy. So, colony collapsed 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. Why don't we redonkylis, GuyRaz? Huh? This is not just about honey and pop tarts. 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. 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, GuyRaz. Then, this pollen fertilizes that plant, which can then turn into a fruit or a vegetable or flower. That's probably why flowers are so colorful and pleasant. Hmm, 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%? Yup. So you're telling me that eight out of every ten 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 and the United Kingdom are on the case. Scientists detectives. Pretty epic combo, right? Yeah. So what are these scientists from the UK doing to solve the problem of colony collapse disorder? Well, they're tracking bees using this. I don't see anything. It's right here, Guy Ross. Right there on the tip of my pinky finger. Uh-huh. Hold on, you might need some magnifying goggles. I think I've got mine right here. It's okay, I've got a pair. You just happen to have magnifying goggles in your pajama pocket? Yeah, I never go to sleep without a mig. 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 Ross is a bee backpack. A bee backpack? Yes. 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? Okay, so bees typically weigh about the same as four grains of rice. Okay. And these little trackers are about one 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 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. Ah! Ah! Ah! Great! Outdoor! 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, many of the sun is rising. Oh, yeah. Wait, what's that on the horizon? What in the... Guys, give me those magnifying goggles. India, I'm not sure that's how magnifying goggles work. It's my bees! Samantha, Johnny, Susan, kids all here! Oh, guys, where have you been? You had me worried, Sam! Uh-huh. Oh, ow. Oh, okay, that's fair. What are they saying, Mindy? Oh, they said they just popped out for a midnight snack. Oh, sorry, a 4 a.m. snack. I would love some honey. Discounted rate. Ugh, fine, I'll give you my friends discount. Mindy, would you mind if I got some honey too? It'll go great with my Camimeo tea. Oh, sure, think I, Ross. I'll even give it to you at an unbeatable price. You get it? Come on, I'll be reasonable, but I'm still trying to run a buzziness here. Get it? Mindy. 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. Like my prize winning a sale of them. Wow, thanks, bees. You're the real prize winners.2000.2000. Okay, let's wrap up the show. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning into We Wow on the Weekend! If you have a question for me, call and leave me a message at 1-888-7-1-1-8-8-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 Do another show tomorrow! But for now, that's the end of the show! Bye!