Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? (2010)

QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from Taggart Siegel, director of THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. Taking us on a ... See full summary »

Director:

Taggart Siegel

Stars:

Gunther Hauk, Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Gunther Hauk	...	Himself
Michael Pollan	...	Himself
Vandana Shiva	...	Herself
Raj Patel	...	Himself - Author
Carlo Petrini	...	Himself - President, Slow Food International
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yvon Achard	...	Himself - Beekeeper & Bee Historian
May Berenbaum	...	Herself - Entomologist
Scott Black	...	Himself, Biologist, Xerces Society
Jacqueline Freeman	...	Herself - Biodynamic Beekeeper & Swarm Catcher
Gunther Friedmann	...	Himself - Demeter Biodynamic Beekeeper
Horst Kornberger	...	Himself - Philosopher
Jeffrey Smith	...	Himself - Author
Michael Thiele	...	Himself
Hugh Wilson	...	Himself - Botanist, Hinewai Reserve
Johannes Wirz	...	Himself

Storyline

QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from Taggart Siegel, director of THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.

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Plot Keywords:

bees | beekeeper | bee | rudolf steiner | honeybee | 

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Taglines:

What are the Bees Telling Us?

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA New Zealand France Germany Switzerland Italy UK Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Królowa slonca

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

Honeybees pollinate 4 out of every 10 bites of the food that we eat.

User Reviews

Anthropomorphic Spiritual Programming

I just turned it off midway through. It is a highly emotional anthropomorphic group of stories regarding bees with a very low information density, and highly biased against modern industry, and farming. If you want to have some spiritual programming with a positive emotional feedback to encourage learning, then this is the movie for you. If you want to learn about bees, I would recommend another movie.

I gave the review an extra star for the Frenchman with the excellent mustache, and one more for the insight into the almond industry. I am sort of surprised so little time was spent on examining the vectors of CCD within that environment. Though, the bias is very clearly against man made things, and focuses on those points to the exclusion of quasi-natural causes, so I am only sort of surprised.