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The Pollinators

I mean, literally,three, four years, and you didn't re-queena lot of beehives because they...

I mean, literally,
three, four years, and you didn't re-queen
a lot of beehives because they normally
re-queened themselves

Full Transcript

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I mean, literally, three, four years,
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and you didn't re-queen a lot of beehives
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because they normally re-queened themselves.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:15
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.
A lot of guys are out there, - The Pollinators 00:04
A lot of guys are out there,
You know, maybe they don't use a hundred a day, - The Pollinators 00:08
You know, maybe they don't use a hundred a day,
-There are about 320 hives that we're going to assess - The Pollinators 00:18
-There are about 320 hives that we're going to assess
[ Bees buzzing ] - The Pollinators 00:11
[ Bees buzzing ]
I mean, you got to -- You just basically got to be - The Pollinators 00:06
I mean, you got to -- You just basically got to be
You know, if queens are starting to fail, - The Pollinators 00:08
You know, if queens are starting to fail,
[ Bees buzzing ] - The Pollinators 00:11
[ Bees buzzing ]
There's a Varroa mite on that drone larva. - The Pollinators 00:05
There's a Varroa mite on that drone larva.
Red, orange fleck there on the larva here is - The Pollinators 00:07
Red, orange fleck there on the larva here is
They were accidentally imported. - The Pollinators 00:05
They were accidentally imported.
-Varroa destructor is public enemy number one, by far. - The Pollinators 00:05
-Varroa destructor is public enemy number one, by far.
It was a parasite in Southeast Asia, - The Pollinators 00:07
It was a parasite in Southeast Asia,
Now it's present pretty much everywhere honey bees are kept. - The Pollinators 00:05
Now it's present pretty much everywhere honey bees are ...
-It's a small, little mite - The Pollinators 00:12
-It's a small, little mite
So, it's a huge parasite relative to the bee's body. - The Pollinators 00:04
So, it's a huge parasite relative to the bee's bod...
And it, literally, just pokes - The Pollinators 00:10
And it, literally, just pokes
They transmit viruses, - The Pollinators 00:05
They transmit viruses,
There are parasites at the top of this triangle, - The Pollinators 00:05
There are parasites at the top of this triangle,
-Most bee populations can deal with one of these issues, - The Pollinators 00:07
-Most bee populations can deal with one of these issues,
Example of this is the interaction of Varroa mites - The Pollinators 00:07
Example of this is the interaction of Varroa mites