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There's a Varroa mite on that drone larva
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The Pollinators

There's a Varroa miteon that drone larva

There's a Varroa mite
on that drone larva

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There's a Varroa mite on that drone larva.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:36:37
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.
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
-The mites are parasites that weaken the bees. - The Pollinators 00:05
-The mites are parasites that weaken the bees.
They weaken the bees - The Pollinators 00:05
They weaken the bees
They reduce the population, - The Pollinators 00:09
They reduce the population,
-So, you have this sort of feedback loop where, you know, - The Pollinators 00:17
-So, you have this sort of feedback loop where, you know,
We think we've put a chemical in there to treat the mite, - The Pollinators 00:05
We think we've put a chemical in there to treat the mit...
Well, a lot of times -- sometimes, it works, - The Pollinators 00:09
Well, a lot of times -- sometimes, it works,
You got, you know, poor nutrition, - The Pollinators 00:06
You got, you know, poor nutrition,
It's more than we should expect of any organism to survive. - The Pollinators 00:06
It's more than we should expect of any organism to surv...