More Than Honey Austria, Germany, Switzerland 2012 – 90min.
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From a small beehive in the Swiss Alps to the huge almond fields tended by an agribusinessman in California (to whose ears the buzzing of bees is “like the sound of freshly printed money”), everyone is concerned by the decline in the population of hives. Which is why Markus Imhoof, grandson of a bee keeper, traveled around the globe with camera in hand. The causes are many: vast and intense monoculture overworks the bees, they are given antibiotic treatment and threatened by varroa (parasitic mites), viruses and pesticides, whose effect are in turn reinforced by measures taken against the weakening of colonies such as the transhumance of hives, which stresses the bees...
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German Switzerland: 25. October 2012
Romandie: 28. November 2012
Ticino: 9. May 2013
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Writer: Markus Imhoof
Cinematographer: Attila Boa
Music: Peter Scherer
Producer: Helmut Grasser, Pierre-Alain Meier, Thomas Kufus, Will Turner
Distributor: Frenetic Films
Production: Thelma Film AG
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ISAN-No. 0000-0003-2D42-0000-K
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steeldrivinman
Posted 11 years ago
Great film.
pattsu
Posted 11 years ago
Very insightful!
simpsonb
Posted 12 years ago
Must see. Fantastic footage - you'll never look at honey the same way again.
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