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The Pollinators

But bees are alsoimportant to us because they're a very goodkind of sentinel signal for...

But bees are also
important to us because they're a very good
kind of sentinel signal for the trouble that we're in

Full Transcript

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But bees are also important to us
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because they're a very good kind of sentinel signal
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for the trouble that we're in.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:07
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Stonykill Films

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Movie Summary

A cinematic journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat.
There they are every day, out in the world, - The Pollinators 00:09
There they are every day, out in the world,
If suddenly, one year, 25% of them show up missing, - The Pollinators 00:11
If suddenly, one year, 25% of them show up missing,
-There's been a pretty dramatic change in agriculture - The Pollinators 00:11
-There's been a pretty dramatic change in agriculture
In 1996, Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act - The Pollinators 00:21
In 1996, Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act
Those have dropped dramatically in use. - The Pollinators 00:05
Those have dropped dramatically in use.
And what came into replace them are a group of pesticides - The Pollinators 00:18
And what came into replace them are a group of pesticides
These are very problematic for bees, - The Pollinators 00:10
These are very problematic for bees,
The neonicotinoids take years - The Pollinators 00:12
The neonicotinoids take years
They're so widely marketed and so widely used - The Pollinators 00:07
They're so widely marketed and so widely used
-Neonicotinoids basically work by breaking down immune system, - The Pollinators 00:09
-Neonicotinoids basically work by breaking down immune syste...
Whether it's the insect or it's a human, you know, - The Pollinators 00:15
Whether it's the insect or it's a human, you know,
-Bees, it turns out, are very good - The Pollinators 00:06
-Bees, it turns out, are very good
It seems like even - The Pollinators 00:19
It seems like even
It was shocking how much pesticide - The Pollinators 00:16
It was shocking how much pesticide
Most pesticides are lipophilic, - The Pollinators 00:08
Most pesticides are lipophilic,
Wax, it turns out, is almost like a fossil record. - The Pollinators 00:05
Wax, it turns out, is almost like a fossil record.
The wax combs that the bees live in, - The Pollinators 00:18
The wax combs that the bees live in,
-The effect of pesticides on bees of all sorts, - The Pollinators 00:12
-The effect of pesticides on bees of all sorts,
And this is a real -- a real concern, - The Pollinators 00:12
And this is a real -- a real concern,
-Something changed after World War II - The Pollinators 00:07
-Something changed after World War II