In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. Now, beekeepers around the United States and around the world are reporting an incredible loss of honeybees, a phenomenon deemed "Colony Collapse Disorder." This "pandemic" is indicated by bees disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation. The queen is there, honey is there, but the bees are gone. For the first time, in an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner's prediction QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? investigates the long-term causes behind the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, commercial beekeepers, scientists and philosophers.
Direction
Siegel finds poetry in hives and panic in science
Production
Gorgeous macro cinematography makes bees look alien-gorgeous
Writing
Steiner's 1923 prediction lands like a hammer every time
Director
Taggart Siegel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Taggart Siegel kept bees himself and made this after his own hives collapsed — the panic is personal.
Rudolf Steiner's 'biodynamic' philosophy, treated skeptically here by some scientists, has become weirdly trendy in natural wine circles — the bees knew before the sommeliers did.
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