Queen Of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

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Product Description ------------------- Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a profound, alternative look at the bee crisis. Taking US on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this alarming and ultimately uplifting film weaves together an unusual and dramatic story of the heart-felt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world. Review ------ QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us?; a remarkable documentary that's also one of the most beautiful nature films I've seen. In exquisite photography by Siegel, we go inside hives and follow bees as they sip on flowers. We also meet beekeepers in sylvan settings (Illinois, Germany, New Zealand, and Italy) and even on rooftops in Manhattan. Yes, there's a movement supporting rooftop hives and gardens. It's true that bees sting. A wasp sting is worse, but a bee sting is no fun. Since the bee dies, it's even less fun for the bee. The beekeepers in QUEEN OF THE SUN; often wear ed hoods, gloves and so forth, but just as often, they seem unprotected. One guy with a luxuriant mustache even runs it across the backs of bees on a honeycomb and says, "They like it."; He was a brave man who first found this out. Honey and beeswax are valuable cash crops but if bees didn't make honey or wax, they would still be essential to the environment. Bees moved around by truck pollinate $15 billion in crops every year, including your next honey almond. The value of the crops that are naturally pollinated by bees is incalculable. Bees, QUEEN OF THE SUN; argues, are part of an intricately choreographed ecosystem that we meddle with at our peril. The same almond trees that must be pollinated via interstate commerce have so depleted their soil that they must be fertilized by s. Crops in rotation have worked for millions of years. Why do corporations poison the environment in order to produce in produce? --Rogerebert.com NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW CRITIC'S PICK REVELATORY "...Siegel buzzes around the globe and deep into the hive." --New York Times "The Feel-Good Advocacy Movie of the Year." --Box Office Magazine NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW CRITIC'S PICK REVELATORY "...Siegel buzzes around the globe and deep into the hive." --New York Times "The Feel-Good Advocacy Movie of the Year." --Box Office Magazine