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The Pollinators

If suddenly, one year,25% of them show up missing, that means thereis something wrong with...

If suddenly, one year,
25% of them show up missing, that means there
is something wrong with that landscape

Full Transcript

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If suddenly, one year, 25% of them show up missing,
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that means there is something wrong
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with that landscape.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:24
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'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
The advent of synthetic chemicals - The Pollinators 00:08
The advent of synthetic chemicals
Modern insecticides have come into being - The Pollinators 00:06
Modern insecticides have come into being