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
00:16:42 There are many attractions to monoculture, it's efficient
00:18:36 that the bees do not find enough pollen and nectar in the area
00:21:49 So right now we are in this deep crisis
00:25:48 they clean her and they feed her and they feed each other
00:32:00 They were designed to kill human beings
00:35:04 We recently discovered with the seque- ncing of the entire honeybee genome
00:37:42 and the plants wouldn't be there without the pollinators.
00:41:12 Unfortunately, human beings also get genes transferred to their gut bacteria
00:43:32 The chemical I started with was a synthetic pyrethroid
00:45:42 And that is, I think, the goal in long-term sustainable beekeeping
00:48:11 And this is Hackney in London.
00:51:18 But if you push that process too far it ultimately weakens the bee
00:53:27 it doesn't have the life forces that is necessary.
00:55:56 so I started getting stung at a pretty early age.
00:58:04 In old societies the beekeeper was a very respected person.
01:00:17 bandage it with Manuka honey every day;
01:03:44 and we have taken that joy
01:05:37 she'll be a good bee momma.
01:08:16 Beekeeping, the vital practice of man- aging and maintaining honeybee colonies
01:10:21 we're working with people with disabilities.
01:12:17 just like the bees do when they take on their individual roles
01:14:32 "'The writing is on the wall.
200:06:05 colonies in America died.