Movies | December 06, 2010 | 29 comments

Vanishing Of The Bees

source: http://www.vanishingbees.com/trailer/

JanforGore
Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives.

Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every three bites of food on our tables.

Vanishing of the Bees follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S. The film explores the struggles they face as the two friends plead their case on Capital Hill and travel across the Pacific Ocean in the quest to protect their honeybees.

Filming across the US, in Europe, Australia and Asia, this documentary examines the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and mother earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate alternative reasons for this tragic loss. Conflicting options abound and after years of research, a definitive answer has not been found to this harrowing mystery.
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29 comments // Vanishing Of The Bees // Video

  • Maryam_Henein
  • JanforGore
  • EthicalVegan
    • +2
      EthicalVegan  
    • Maryam_Henein:

      Thank you so very, very much for making every possible attempt to educate humans.

      A person wrote that he's glad that our bees are dying off -- that's incredibly selfish and cold -- and he obviously hasn't a bloody clue.

      Personally -- and despite the fact that bees are so essential to life -- I just love them!

    • 1 year ago
  • EtVoila
    • +2
      EtVoila  

    • It's hard for me to hear about the plight of bees. They are so amazing and fascinating and it just breaks my heart to read this.

    • 1 year ago
  • Nick19
  • JanforGore
  • dsardtgf
  • mitekillem
    • 0
      mitekillem  

    • You know, I've been hearing this for years.
      And yet there are no shortages of bees in my yard during the spring time.
      I bet the only bee's disappearing are the ones used for commercial farming.
      They need to just let the bees be free. To manage themselves in the way that nature has intended.

      They are no different than the ailing chickens, or cows you see in industrial farms.
      They too can get stressed out, over worked, suffer illness, etc, etc.

      Want proof of my theory. Grow some vegetables in your back yard.
      See how many bee's they attract, and how many grow to maturity.

    • 1 year ago
  • artemis6
  • treewolf39
    • 0
      treewolf39  
    • mitekillem:

      Bees like flowers. The radical changes in weather are also having a direct affect on returning swarms. Freak freezes like the 4 days last December here on the Oregon coast. It hit 14 degrees at my house, which is very rare. Because of the lack of bees this past year many of my neighbors and myself are going to start some hives this spring.

    • 1 year ago
  • foose
  • YukiMBae
    • +3
      YukiMBae  

    • "If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination … no more men!"

      - Albert Einstein

    • 1 year ago
  • figgdimension
  • rodstradamus
  • artemis6
  • coolplanet
    • +4
      coolplanet  

    • This is caused by a new herbicide, imidacloprid (IMD), developed by Bayer. The French banned IMD in 2002 because farmers noticed colony collapse shortly after this new herbicide was introduced in the seeds of sunflowers. After two years all their honey bees returned. See "A Spring Without Bees" (Schacker 2008)

      And now there's a massive bat die-off occurring in the eastern United States. Over a million bats have died during hibernation in the past few years from a mysterious fungus called white-nose syndrome. Some say "Who cares?" Well we should REALLY care because it is estimated that one million bats can consume over 700 tons of insects per year!

    • 1 year ago
  • EthicalVegan
  • coolplanet
  • JanforGore
    • +3
      JanforGore  

    • This speaks to the direct symbiosis between environment, man, and the species of the Earth who depend on nature and the effects of disrespecting that connection.

    • 1 year ago
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