A look at the mysterious collapse of honeybee colonies in America and an exploration of how beekeeping is practiced there and around the world. Scientists and philosophers reveal the problems and solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
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The relationship of bees and flowers is one of the most beautiful co-evolutionary relationships we have. Bees are the legs of plants, Beekeepers. They are choose by bees. You can brush by mustache And they you like, If these left this world, I wouldn’t like it ’cause There’d be no honey. Yeah. And no fruit Colony collapse disorder is the bill we are getting for all we have done to the bees. If we didn’t have bees to pollinate our crops, we’d have to eat just, just bread and oatmeal, you know, all the time in a couple of nuts. If Bees are dying, Birds will be dying. Blondes will be dying. We could call it colony collapse disorder of the human being too. Steiner’s prediction has come true. So many of the problems we face come down to one thing and that is monoculture. The bees can’t even live there. They’ll starve to Death. From the point of view of nature, it’s, it’s insane. And we’ve bred a race of super mites with every new chemical we throw at them. Pesticides came from warfare, of course they instantly killed the pollinators. When you see an airplane spraying, there’s this tremendous feeling of not being able to do anything. I really don’t want to lose them. I’m really finding out why I’m beekeeping is to keep that going for my children’s Children. Our very lives depend on beekeeping. The bees sort of let me know. Go ahead. We’ll help you honey. Bee sanctuaries are springing up like mushrooms in this country And they’re coming closer. Only in the Bronx baby. Are you gonna find a swarm? You see the little end tinny? It’s lovely. Oh, look at this. Drippy with hum. People say that they can’t keep bees. They’re lying.