The Crawl Crew: “This Bee Does Something Worse Than Stinging”
The new Short stands out in a run of insect stories about queen bees, beekeepers and giant hornets.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 187,138 views a day, 7.9 times a normal first day on this channel (23,727).
This Bee Does Something Worse Than Stinging
Bees have been getting plenty of attention on The Crawl Crew, but its latest ominous title has drawn an unusually large early audience. “This Bee Does Something Worse Than Stinging” reached roughly 169,000 views in its first 19 hours, already far beyond the channel’s usual first-day turnout for a Short.
It fits a channel that describes its specialty as dark tales from the animal kingdom. The recent insect run has moved between the practical, “How Beekeepers Never Lose Their Queen Bee,” and the pointedly personal, “He Is a Professional Giant Hornet Hater.” Another upload asks why people love bees and hate wasps, making this new warning a less reassuring addition to the bee side of that conversation.
The replies bring the subject back to everyday encounters: handling bumblebees, worrying about bites and dealing with sweat bees during band. One viewer’s memory of holding bumblebees comes with an admission that they had underestimated the possibility of a sting.
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The sweatbees are so annoying in band
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- Channel
- The Crawl Crew
- Subscribers
- 634,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,760,451
- Channel views, pace per day
- 295,172 (on a normal day: 641,083)
- Video published
- October 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 169,300 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 187,138
The numbers
The bee Short is having an unusually fast start, even while the channel’s overall daily views are below their usual pace.
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