Queen of the Sun
2010 · 83 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 357 VOTES · DIR. Taggart Siegel
Overview
In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. Now, beekeepers around the United States and around the world are reporting an incredible loss of honeybees, a phenomenon deemed "Colony Collapse Disorder." This "pandemic" is indicated by bees disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation. The queen is there, honey is there, but the bees are gone. For the first time, in an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner's prediction QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? investigates the long-term causes behind the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, commercial beekeepers, scientists and philosophers.
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00:14:52 The problem is that every one of those trees, every one of the blossoms
00:16:40 and that is monoculture.
00:18:29 where the agriculture is so intensive
00:21:36 These are, for the insect life, deserts
00:25:32 all give up their sexuality
00:28:47 and those plants smell nasty.
00:34:43 and to remember and to navigate
00:37:22 The beauty of the pollinator is
00:40:42 of bacteria, toxins, viral promoters.
00:42:57 I was absolutely smitten.
00:44:54 with varroa without any intervention with chemicals.
00:47:14 Some of the names of the queens are: Queen Elizabeth the First
00:49:58 She flies through this swarm of drones
00:52:33 The biology of honeybees is set up
00:54:38 So, we put her in a cage.
00:56:48 of hive diseases and parasites.
00:58:57 And I'm really finding out why I'm beekeeping is
01:02:25 or unable to differentiate.
01:04:30 A lot of people will call an exterminator.
01:06:44 I'm a rooftop beekeeper in New York City.
01:08:40 probably because they were uninformed and scared maybe
01:10:52 I really hope that we can, as a society
01:12:51 for community with the planet, with nature.
01:14:51 not just for three weeks in the spring.