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So, the problem is that native pollinators have disappeared
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The Pollinators

So, the problem is that nativepollinators have disappeared and farming has becomea lot...

So, the problem is that native
pollinators have disappeared and farming has become
a lot bigger, and so due to all this, you know,
now they need beekeepers that can move bees
from one place to the other

Full Transcript

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-So, the problem is that native pollinators have disappeared
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and farming has become a lot bigger,
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and so due to all this,
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you know, now they need beekeepers
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that can move bees from one place to the other.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:31
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.
And, of course, the only bees that are really movable, - The Pollinators 00:08
And, of course, the only bees that are really movable,
The big pollination in this country is almonds, - The Pollinators 00:04
The big pollination in this country is almonds,
The almond tree's not very smartin that way, - The Pollinators 00:07
The almond tree's not very smartin that way,
So, in California, - The Pollinators 00:06
So, in California,
Our business, basically -- it's a timing situation, - The Pollinators 00:12
Our business, basically -- it's a timing situation,
And if that crop isn't pollinated - The Pollinators 00:06
And if that crop isn't pollinated
When he picks up the phone and calls us -- - The Pollinators 00:08
When he picks up the phone and calls us --
We migrate the bees from up in the northern prairies - The Pollinators 00:12
We migrate the bees from up in the northern prairies
When the spring bloom comes, we'll take the bees, - The Pollinators 00:10
When the spring bloom comes, we'll take the bees,
The almond pollination is - The Pollinators 00:07
The almond pollination is
It takes almost the entire national bee supply. - The Pollinators 00:05
It takes almost the entire national bee supply.
It takes somewhere in the neighborhood - The Pollinators 00:09
It takes somewhere in the neighborhood
Say, you know, - The Pollinators 00:10
Say, you know,
So there's a lot of truckloads of bees - The Pollinators 00:07
So there's a lot of truckloads of bees
And a lot of people think that this is one of the reasons - The Pollinators 00:05
And a lot of people think that this is one of the reasons
But we've been pollinating fruits and vegetables and nuts - The Pollinators 00:10
But we've been pollinating fruits and vegetables and nu...
-You know, it depends on whose numbers you look at, - The Pollinators 00:10
-You know, it depends on whose numbers you look at,
And the Bee Informed Partnershipout of Maryland's - The Pollinators 00:08
And the Bee Informed Partnershipout of Maryland's
So a 30% loss there puts us downto about 1.8 million hives, - The Pollinators 00:15
So a 30% loss there puts us downto about 1.8 million hives,
[ Bees buzzing ] - The Pollinators 00:27
[ Bees buzzing ]