MONDAY MOVIE CAFE at BAMBU Venue: Vanishing of the Bees

MONDAY MOVIE CAFE at BAMBU Venue

1146 Bethel Street

Monday, August 29 at 7 PM

Check out the preview:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zGTxemUqVQ

      

Vanishing of the Bees

Dir: George Langworthy & Maryann Henein.  USA  2010  89 min. 

Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their 

hives. Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in 

an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a 

hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make 

up one out of every three bites of food on our tables. It follows commercial beekeepers David 

Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination 

contracts across the U.S. The film explores the struggles they face as the two friends plead their 

case on Capital Hill and travel across the Pacific Ocean in the quest to protect their honeybees.

 Filmed across the US, in Europe, Australia and Asia, this documentary examines the alarming 

disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between 

mankind and mother earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate 

alternative reasons for this tragic loss in this harrowing mystery.

Post-film discussion with Dr. Michael Kliks of the Hawaii Beekeepers Association on

the crisis facing Beekeepers in Hawaii.

$10 at the door   Call 223-0130 for more info