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The Pollinators

This time a year, we're beginning harvestfull throttle, because we want to haveeverything...

This time a year, we're beginning harvest
full throttle, because we want to have
everything harvested by the middle of September and we'll ship themto the West Coast for the winter before the prairies become
really cold and unbearable

Full Transcript

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-This time a year,
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we're beginning harvest full throttle,
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because we want to have everything harvested
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by the middle of September
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and we'll ship themto the West Coast for the winter
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before the prairies become really cold and unbearable.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:12
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.
First step in the harvest - The Pollinators 00:05
First step in the harvest
And then we'll heat it up, - The Pollinators 00:05
And then we'll heat it up,
The bees put this cap on when they get it dry enough - The Pollinators 00:06
The bees put this cap on when they get it dry enough
When it gets down below 18.5% moisture, - The Pollinators 00:07
When it gets down below 18.5% moisture,
And so they put the cap on to keep it - The Pollinators 00:05
And so they put the cap on to keep it
It will spin the frame, and that will throw it out, - The Pollinators 00:07
It will spin the frame, and that will throw it out,
And then you can enjoy the same thing I'm enjoying. - The Pollinators 00:05
And then you can enjoy the same thing I'm enjoying.
If it was any fresher, you'd have to be a bee. - The Pollinators 00:04
If it was any fresher, you'd have to be a bee.
It's just that time of the season, - The Pollinators 00:06
It's just that time of the season,
When the seasons change, - The Pollinators 00:05
When the seasons change,
And, you know, the problems are many. - The Pollinators 00:06
And, you know, the problems are many.
And the importance is that our food system - The Pollinators 00:08
And the importance is that our food system
One of every three bites of food - The Pollinators 00:08
One of every three bites of food
-We ourselves have become users,consumers of pesticide. - The Pollinators 00:04
-We ourselves have become users,consumers of pesticide.
You can see that very easily when you go to Walmart, - The Pollinators 00:10
You can see that very easily when you go to Walmart,
You know, you think, well, herbicides aren't toxic, - The Pollinators 00:10
You know, you think, well, herbicides aren't toxic,
They require nectar and pollen-producing flowers. - The Pollinators 00:04
They require nectar and pollen-producing flowers.
And this widespread use of herbicide, - The Pollinators 00:06
And this widespread use of herbicide,
Everybody wants a magnificent green lawn - The Pollinators 00:09
Everybody wants a magnificent green lawn
You know, let your front yard be green - The Pollinators 00:10
You know, let your front yard be green