The Vanishing of the Bees

Bee populations across the globe are severely declining. In the UK, around one third of honeybee hives were lost in the winter of 2007/08. Bees pollinate a third of the food we eat, and this contributes £200million a year to the UK economy. The Vanishing of the Bees explores the mysterious collapse of the honey bee population across the planet and its greater meaning to humankind's relationship with the natural world. Filmed over two years in US, UK, France and Australia, it tells a stirring tale of this wonder of nature and the threat it faces.