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What made the Great Plains is that movement and change
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The Pollinators

What made the Great Plainsis that movement and change

What made the Great Plains
is that movement and change

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What made the Great Plains is that movement and change.
Duration
5 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:33
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.
We have some of the most beautiful soil on this planet - The Pollinators 00:08
We have some of the most beautiful soil on this planet
There's more that could be addedwith the corn and soy. - The Pollinators 00:05
There's more that could be addedwith the corn and soy.
We came to a place that had virgin soils - The Pollinators 00:09
We came to a place that had virgin soils
And when the soils were depletedon the East Coast, - The Pollinators 00:09
And when the soils were depletedon the East Coast,
And when those soils were depleted and distraught, - The Pollinators 00:06
And when those soils were depleted and distraught,
Manifest Destiny is about chasing - The Pollinators 00:09
Manifest Destiny is about chasing
And so the question now is a real inflection point - The Pollinators 00:08
And so the question now is a real inflection point
You think about how we produce food - The Pollinators 00:05
You think about how we produce food
We really have to create a system, - The Pollinators 00:09
We really have to create a system,
-Think about a place like the Dakotas, - The Pollinators 00:14
-Think about a place like the Dakotas,
We've turned it into a agricultural monoculture. - The Pollinators 00:06
We've turned it into a agricultural monoculture.
And we've interspersed that monoculture - The Pollinators 00:09
And we've interspersed that monoculture
It's a pretty remarkable - The Pollinators 00:05
It's a pretty remarkable
And it's not very friendly to people, - The Pollinators 00:11
And it's not very friendly to people,
And it's not very friendly to wild nature, - The Pollinators 00:07
And it's not very friendly to wild nature,
We have this idea of the American west - The Pollinators 00:16
We have this idea of the American west
I mean, we're also losing birds,bats, butterflies. - The Pollinators 00:05
I mean, we're also losing birds,bats, butterflies.
This is one of the worst mass extinction events - The Pollinators 00:05
This is one of the worst mass extinction events
Pollution in the environment, - The Pollinators 00:08
Pollution in the environment,
Suddenly, you've got starving,poisoned bees, and guess what -- - The Pollinators 00:06
Suddenly, you've got starving,poisoned bees, and guess...