Documentaries About Bees
MAYA LAND: Listening to the Bees
Produced by Paul Weinstein
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After the transport of Yucatán honey is rejected by the European Union due to unacceptably high levels of genetically engineered pollen, Mayan beekeepers mobilize against pesticides planted by Mennonite farmers, but soon we see that this is only one component of the many challenges facing their world.
Trailer (5:20 minutes)
Feature length with English subtitles (1:08:13)
Masters of Bees (Season 1)
A fourteen episode series that explores the intimate relationships humans forge with bees to produce honey. For nearly 80 million years, the bee has occupied special place in evolution. Untiring worker, essential to vegetables, it is one of the foremost species that maintain equilibrium on Earth.
On Amazon Prime
My Garden of a Thousand Bees
This PBS documentary is a story of surprise and revelation. A veteran wildlife cameraman is bee obsessed. Seeking refuge from the pandemic in a small city garden, he is filming the wild bees that live there with mind-blowing results. From giant bumblebees to scissor bees the size of a mosquito, he has been over 60 species of bee. But more importantly, he is developing a close relationship with an individual bee.
On Amazon Prime
Bees — Living for the Queen
This film documents the life of a bee colony for the duration of a year. Part of the colony emigrates and becomes a “wild” colony giving an intimate view of the artistically designed beehive and the bees’ cleverly organized social life: dividing labour, collecting nectar and warding off enemies.
Free on Amazon Prime with ads.
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