diff --git a/bees/youtubebee/youtube.go b/bees/youtubebee/youtube.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ca38a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bees/youtubebee/youtube.go
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+ *    Copyright (C) 2014      Daniel 'grindhold' Brendle
+ *                  2014-2017 Christian Muehlhaeuser
+ *
+ *	  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *	  it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ *	  by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *	  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *	  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *	  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *	  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.	See the
+ *	  GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *	  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ *	  along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *	  Authors:
+ *		Daniel 'grindhold' Brendle <grindhold@skarphed.org>
+ *      Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@gmail.com>
+ * 		Mark Jung <gujung2022@u.northwestern.edu>
+ */
+
+// Package youtubebee is a Bee for tunneling Youtube push notifications.
+package youtubebee
+
+import (
+	"time"
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/muesli/beehive/bees"
+)
+
+// YoutubeBee is a Bee for handling Youtube push notifications.
+type YoutubeBee struct {
+	bees.Bee
+
+	url string
+
+	addr string
+
+	eventChan chan bees.Event
+}
+
+type Feed struct {
+	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"feed"`
+	Text    string   `xml:",chardata"`
+	Yt      string   `xml:"yt,attr"`
+	Xmlns   string   `xml:"xmlns,attr"`
+	Link    []struct {
+		Text string `xml:",chardata"`
+		Rel  string `xml:"rel,attr"`
+		Href string `xml:"href,attr"`
+	} `xml:"link"`
+	Title   string `xml:"title"`
+	Updated string `xml:"updated"`
+	Entry   struct {
+		Text      string `xml:",chardata"`
+		ID        string `xml:"id"`
+		VideoId   string `xml:"videoId"`
+		ChannelId string `xml:"channelId"`
+		Title     string `xml:"title"`
+		Link      struct {
+			Text string `xml:",chardata"`
+			Rel  string `xml:"rel,attr"`
+			Href string `xml:"href,attr"`
+		} `xml:"link"`
+		Author struct {
+			Text string `xml:",chardata"`
+			Name string `xml:"name"`
+			URI  string `xml:"uri"`
+		} `xml:"author"`
+		Published string `xml:"published"`
+		Updated   string `xml:"updated"`
+	} `xml:"entry"`
+}
+
+// Run executes the Bee's event loop.
+func (mod *YoutubeBee) Run(eventChan chan bees.Event) {
+	mod.eventChan = eventChan
+	subscriptionLink := "https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/subscribe"
+	channelURLTokens := strings.Split(mod.url, "/")
+	channelID := channelURLTokens[len(channelURLTokens)-1]
+	topic := "https://www.youtube.com/xml/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=" + channelID
+
+	srv := &http.Server{Addr: mod.addr, Handler: mod} 
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", mod.addr) 
+	if err != nil {
+		mod.LogErrorf("Can't listen on %s", mod.addr)
+		return
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+
+	go func() {
+		err := srv.Serve(l)
+		if err != nil {
+			mod.LogErrorf("Server error: %v", err)
+		}
+		// Go 1.8+: srv.Close()
+		// send POST to Google's pubsubhubbub to subscribe
+		// need to be in form-data format
+		data := url.Values{}
+		data.Set("hub.mode", "subscribe")
+		data.Set("hub.topic", topic)
+		data.Set("hub.callback", "mod.addr") 
+		client := &http.Client{}
+		r, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", subscriptionLink, strings.NewReader(data.Encode())) // URL-encoded payload
+		r.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
+		r.Header.Add("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(data.Encode())))
+
+		_, err = client.Do(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			mod.LogErrorf("Can't subscribe to youtube channel")
+			return
+		}  
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-mod.SigChan:
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func (mod *YoutubeBee) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	if req.Method == "POST" {
+		ev := bees.Event{
+			Bee: mod.Name(),
+		}
+		var feed Feed
+		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error reading body: %v", err)
+			http.Error(w, "can't read body", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}
+		xml.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &feed)
+		updatedTime, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, feed.Entry.Updated)
+		publishedTime, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, feed.Entry.Published)
+		diff := updatedTime.Sub(publishedTime)
+		// give the channel a minute window - for new videos, update and publish times aren't exact.
+		if diff.Minutes() <= 5 {
+			ev.Name = "new_video"
+		} else {
+			ev.Name = "change_video"
+		}
+		ev.Options.SetValue("channelUrl", "string", feed.Entry.Author.URI)
+		ev.Options.SetValue("vidUrl", "string", feed.Entry.Link.Href)
+
+		mod.eventChan <- ev
+	} else if req.Method == "GET" {
+		challenge := req.URL.Query().Get("hub.challenge")
+		if challenge != "" {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, challenge)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// ReloadOptions parses the config options and initializes the Bee.
+func (mod *YoutubeBee) ReloadOptions(options bees.BeeOptions) {
+	mod.SetOptions(options)
+
+	options.Bind("address", &mod.addr)
+	options.Bind("channel", &mod.url)
+}
diff --git a/bees/youtubebee/youtubefactory.go b/bees/youtubebee/youtubefactory.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..709eca74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bees/youtubebee/youtubefactory.go
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ *    Copyright (C) 2014-2017 Christian Muehlhaeuser
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ *    by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *    (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *    Authors:
+ *      Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@gmail.com>
+ * 		Mark Jung <gujung2022@u.northwestern.edu>
+ */
+
+package youtubebee
+
+import (
+	"github.com/muesli/beehive/bees"
+)
+
+// WebBeeFactory is a factory for WebBees.
+type YoutubeBeeFactory struct {
+	bees.BeeFactory
+}
+
+// New returns a new Bee instance configured with the supplied options.
+func (factory *YoutubeBeeFactory) New(name, description string, options bees.BeeOptions) bees.BeeInterface {
+	bee := YoutubeBee{
+		Bee: bees.NewBee(name, factory.ID(), description, options),
+	}
+	bee.ReloadOptions(options)
+
+	return &bee
+}
+
+// ID returns the ID of this Bee.
+func (factory *YoutubeBeeFactory) ID() string {
+	return "youtubebee"
+}
+
+// Name returns the name of this Bee.
+func (factory *YoutubeBeeFactory) Name() string {
+	return "Youtube"
+}
+
+// Description returns the description of this Bee.
+func (factory *YoutubeBeeFactory) Description() string {
+	return "HTTP Server that listens to a Youtube channel"
+}
+
+// Image returns the filename of an image for this Bee.
+func (factory *YoutubeBeeFactory) Image() string {
+	return factory.ID() + ".png"
+}
+
+// LogoColor returns the preferred logo background color (used by the admin interface).
+func (factory *YoutubeBeeFactory) LogoColor() string {
+	return "#ff0000"
+}
+
+// Options returns the options available to configure this Bee.
+func (factory *YoutubeBeeFactory) Options() []bees.BeeOptionDescriptor {
+	opts := []bees.BeeOptionDescriptor{
+		{
+			Name:        "address",
+			Description: "Which addr to listen on, eg: 0.0.0.0:12345",
+			Type:        "address",
+			Mandatory:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "channel",
+			Description: "What is the link of the channel you want to receive push notifications for?",
+			Type:        "url",
+			Mandatory:   true,
+		},
+	}
+	return opts
+}
+
+// Events describes the available events provided by this Bee.
+func (factory *YoutubeBeeFactory) Events() []bees.EventDescriptor {
+	events := []bees.EventDescriptor{
+		{
+			Namespace:   factory.Name(),
+			Name:        "new_video",
+			Description: "The channel posted a new video",
+			Options: []bees.PlaceholderDescriptor{
+				{
+					Name:        "channelUrl",
+					Description: "The url of the channel push notification was sent from",
+					Type:        "url",
+				},
+				{
+					Name:        "vidUrl",
+					Description: "The url of the video relevant to the push notification",
+					Type:        "url",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Namespace:   factory.Name(),
+			Name:        "change_video",
+			Description: "The channel updated a video",
+			Options: []bees.PlaceholderDescriptor{
+				{
+					Name:        "channelUrl",
+					Description: "The url of the channel push notification was sent from",
+					Type:        "url",
+				},
+				{
+					Name:        "vidUrl",
+					Description: "The url of the video relevant to the push notification",
+					Type:        "url",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	return events
+}
+
+func init() {
+	f := YoutubeBeeFactory{}
+	bees.RegisterFactory(&f)
+}
diff --git a/hives.go b/hives.go
index 4734a6f7..1bfc23d2 100644
--- a/hives.go
+++ b/hives.go
@@ -65,4 +65,5 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/muesli/beehive/bees/twiliobee"
 	_ "github.com/muesli/beehive/bees/twitterbee"
 	_ "github.com/muesli/beehive/bees/webbee"
+	_ "github.com/muesli/beehive/bees/youtubebee"
 )