DVD Release: Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

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Laurence
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DVD Release Date: Jan. 24, 2012
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Music Box

Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? movie sceneThe 2010 documentary film Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? examines the dangerous phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder, which revolves around the disappearance of honeybees from their hives, a syndrome that has no clear single explanation.

Directed and produced by Taggart Siegel, the movie looks at the global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers and philosophers, while chronicling the 10,000-year history of beekeeping and how man’s relationship with bees has been lost due to highly mechanized industrial practices.

Among the experts who appear in Queen of the Sun are biodynamic beekeeper Gunther Hauk, founder of the Spikenard Farm & Honeybee Sanctuary; writer Michael Pollan, author of the 2006 book The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and Indian activist and physicist Vandan Shiva, who speaks of the development of chemical agriculture and the effects of pesticides and genetically modified food on bees.

Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? received a limited rollout to U.S. theaters and film festivals to positive reviews from film critics (and environmentalists).

Bonus features include the following:

  • Audio commentary with director & producer
  • Interview with director
  • 3 bonus scenes
  • Trailers
  • Amazing bee facts

Here’s the trailer for you to buzz about:

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.