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The Pollinators

Most pesticides are lipophilic, meaning they wantto dissolve in a fat, and so pollen and...

Most pesticides are lipophilic, meaning they want
to dissolve in a fat, and so pollen and particularly wax are fats

Full Transcript

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Most pesticides are lipophilic,
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meaning they want to dissolve in a fat,
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and so pollen
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and particularly wax are fats.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:58
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.
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
The stakes are high -- - The Pollinators 00:06
The stakes are high --
-And synthetic chemists, - The Pollinators 00:16
-And synthetic chemists,
Natural molecules - The Pollinators 00:10
Natural molecules
And the answer was yes, and without any other regard - The Pollinators 00:13
And the answer was yes, and without any other regard
There are major differences - The Pollinators 00:23
There are major differences
Whereas in the United States, - The Pollinators 00:18
Whereas in the United States,
-I mean, nobody's looking at what damage - The Pollinators 00:05
-I mean, nobody's looking at what damage
Some of the stuff we're using is a neurotoxin - The Pollinators 00:12
Some of the stuff we're using is a neurotoxin
Come up here and figure out why." - The Pollinators 00:06
Come up here and figure out why."
And it was very obvious it was an acute bee kill, - The Pollinators 00:13
And it was very obvious it was an acute bee kill,
The first sets they were looking at, - The Pollinators 00:04
The first sets they were looking at,
We found a queen staggering out in front of a hive. - The Pollinators 00:04
We found a queen staggering out in front of a hive.
Anyway, that's what we want to do, - The Pollinators 00:05
Anyway, that's what we want to do,