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The Pollinators

Probably not the fruitswe have today because, you know, obviously,my great-grandfather and...

Probably not the fruits
we have today because, you know, obviously,
my great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather
were growing fruit, and they didn't have pesticides

Full Transcript

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Probably not the fruits we have today
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because, you know, obviously, my great-grandfather
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and great-great-grandfather were growing fruit,
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and they didn't have pesticides.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:44
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.
I don't know what the yields were, - The Pollinators 00:04
I don't know what the yields were,
But, you know, the consumer today - The Pollinators 00:07
But, you know, the consumer today
I don't know that they'd want to go back to the varieties - The Pollinators 00:10
I don't know that they'd want to go back to the va...
You know, the consumers in those days before pesticides - The Pollinators 00:08
You know, the consumers in those days before pesticides
-Fruit growing without chemicals -- - The Pollinators 00:06
-Fruit growing without chemicals --
And if I could cut way back on my use, - The Pollinators 00:04
And if I could cut way back on my use,
And we don't use any more than we have to, - The Pollinators 00:09
And we don't use any more than we have to,
Varieties that we grow are Ginger Gold, Gala, - The Pollinators 00:15
Varieties that we grow are Ginger Gold, Gala,
The trees will come out in the spring - The Pollinators 00:05
The trees will come out in the spring
When the blooms starts to open, - The Pollinators 00:06
When the blooms starts to open,
We need to move the pollen to the ovary, - The Pollinators 00:06
We need to move the pollen to the ovary,
Well, the bees are one of the most efficient ways - The Pollinators 00:07
Well, the bees are one of the most efficient ways
On a typical apple bud, when it comes open, - The Pollinators 00:06
On a typical apple bud, when it comes open,
That's the flower that we would like to set, - The Pollinators 00:06
That's the flower that we would like to set,
If that sets like this one -- I'll just pull this off. - The Pollinators 00:05
If that sets like this one -- I'll just pull this off.
If they all set, there's five apples -- - The Pollinators 00:06
If they all set, there's five apples --
And that's more than I want. I only want one. - The Pollinators 00:04
And that's more than I want. I only want one.
We do mostly chemical thinning, - The Pollinators 00:05
We do mostly chemical thinning,
We don't do any flower or blossom thinning, - The Pollinators 00:05
We don't do any flower or blossom thinning,
This will be the -- - The Pollinators 00:04
This will be the --