Vanishing of the Bees


Vanishing of the Bees is a 2009 documentary film by Hive Mentality Films amp 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.

The film received mixed reviews from critics, achieving a rating of 62 percent on Rotten Tomatoes based onreviews, with an average rating of 5.310. 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 madeforTV 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 worlds changing landscape. Governments, the film charges, are listening more closely to the producers of chemicals than to beekeepers.

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