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The Pollinators

We're not monitoringthe populations as wellas the managed honey bees but we are seeingin...

We're not monitoring
the populations as well
as the managed honey bees but we are seeing
in certain places that their populations
have plummeted

Full Transcript

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We're not monitoring the populations
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as well as the managed honey bees
00:00:05.142 --> 00:00:07.075
but we are seeing in certain places
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that their populations have plummeted.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:39
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.
One, the rusty patched bumble bee, - The Pollinators 00:12
One, the rusty patched bumble bee,
-It's so important what happens in California - The Pollinators 00:22
-It's so important what happens in California
It's really important on how bees come out here - The Pollinators 00:15
It's really important on how bees come out here
But it's kind of sad sometimes, you know. - The Pollinators 00:05
But it's kind of sad sometimes, you know.
A farmer or a rancher has so many obligations, - The Pollinators 00:08
A farmer or a rancher has so many obligations,
They're important because we're not capable - The Pollinators 00:08
They're important because we're not capable
It's not some kind of magic, - The Pollinators 00:08
It's not some kind of magic,
But bees are also important to us - The Pollinators 00:10
But bees are also important to us
There they are every day, out in the world, - The Pollinators 00:09
There they are every day, out in the world,
If suddenly, one year, 25% of them show up missing, - The Pollinators 00:11
If suddenly, one year, 25% of them show up missing,
-There's been a pretty dramatic change in agriculture - The Pollinators 00:11
-There's been a pretty dramatic change in agriculture
In 1996, Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act - The Pollinators 00:21
In 1996, Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act
Those have dropped dramatically in use. - The Pollinators 00:05
Those have dropped dramatically in use.
And what came into replace them are a group of pesticides - The Pollinators 00:18
And what came into replace them are a group of pesticides
These are very problematic for bees, - The Pollinators 00:10
These are very problematic for bees,
The neonicotinoids take years - The Pollinators 00:12
The neonicotinoids take years
They're so widely marketed and so widely used - The Pollinators 00:07
They're so widely marketed and so widely used
-Neonicotinoids basically work by breaking down immune system, - The Pollinators 00:09
-Neonicotinoids basically work by breaking down immune syste...
Whether it's the insect or it's a human, you know, - The Pollinators 00:15
Whether it's the insect or it's a human, you know,
-Bees, it turns out, are very good - The Pollinators 00:06
-Bees, it turns out, are very good