Vanishing of the Bees
7.2 /10 1 Votes7.2
Duration Initial DVD release June 14, 2011 (USA) | 7/10 IMDb Genre Documentary, History Running time 1 hour Budget 500,000 USD Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 9 October 2009 (2009-10-09) Initial release October 9, 2009 (United Kingdom) Directors Maryam Henein, George Langworthy Cast Similar movies More Than Honey , The Harvest (La Cosecha) , Queen of the Sun , Little Forest: Summer/Autumn , Africa: The Serengeti , Ocean Oasis Tagline A documentary for anyone who likes to eat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanishing of the bees beekeeping in france
Vanishing of the Bees is a 2009 documentary film by Hive Mentality Films & Hipfuel Films, directed by George Langworthy and Maryam Henein and released in the United Kingdom in October 2009. The story is centered on the sudden disappearance of honey bees from beehives around the world, caused by the poorly understood phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD. Although the film does not draw any firm scientific conclusions as to the precise cause or causes of CCD, it does suggest a link between neonicotinoid pesticides and CCD.
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- Vanishing of the bees beekeeping in france
- Vanishing of the bees official trailer
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The UK cinema release of the film was supported by The Co-operative Group.
Vanishing of the bees official trailer
Cast
Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics, achieving a rating of 62 percent on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. Stuart McGurk of The Sunday Times said that while the "subject is serious", and this film was "well intentioned and urgent", it was "let down by hammy narration, [and] a made-for-TV budget". Philip French of The Observer called it a "serious, didactic, rather rambling documentary [that] features some good, decent people". He added that "The blame falls principally on pesticides (which began when chemical warfare techniques were switched to farming), monoculture (ie, the widespread specialisation in single crops), genetic engineering and the world's changing landscape. Governments, the film charges, are listening more closely to the producers of chemicals than to beekeepers."
References
Vanishing of the Bees WikipediaVanishing of the Bees IMDb Vanishing of the Bees themoviedb.org