Is a video showing dogs trying to steal honey by poking a beehive with a stick and getting stung authentic? No, that's not true: The video was posted on a TikTok account that says it publishes "high quality 3D animated shorts" and according to a detection tool the video was likely made using AI.
The video appeared on an October 21, 2025 post on TikTok account@bluejeansanimationv (archived here). It opened:
Dogs trying to steal honey
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Image source: TikTok account @bluejeansanimation screenshot taken by Lead Stories.)
An obvious sign of AI generation is the timestamp on the lower left corner. The seconds are changing rapidly out of order from 10:52:07 to 10:52:02 to 10:52:03 to 10:52:01 to 10:52:00 etc. as the uninterrupted footage shows a dog using a stick to poke the beehive.
Another visual artifact that suggests the video is AI-generated: the shape and location of the beehive changes, from a funnel-shaped cone hanging on a limb, to a vertical blob apparently attached to the tree trunk.
The video appears to be a "duet" (a video created alongside another user's video) between the accounts @majeda.islam622 and @bluejeansanimation as this screenshot shows:
(Image source: TikTok account @majeda.islam622 screenshot taken by Lead Stories.)
Blue Jeans Animations has a YouTube page Blue Jeans Films that states they make "high quality 3D animated explainer shorts as this screenshot shows:
This is Blue Jeans Films E--the ultimate source for viral YouTube Shorts. We specialize in high-quality 3D animated explainer shorts, turning complex science facts, dark history, and absurd medical lore into visual knowledge. We deliver daily quick facts and concepts explained with peak production value. If you're searching for the best animated facts channel or just want to get smarter in 60 seconds, hit subscribe. The 'E' is for everything Explained.
#YouTubeShorts #AnimatedFacts #ExplainerShorts #QuickFacts #3DAnimation #ScienceExplained #ViralShorts #DeepDive
To find out if this was a "true" story, Lead Stories ran the video through AI detection tool Hive, which said it was 72.7% likely the image contained AI-generated or deepfake content, as this screenshot shows:
(Image source: HIVE moderation website screenshot taken by Lead Stories.)
