New Honey Bee documentary

Posted:
17 October 2010
By:
Mark Nolan

Directors Carter Gunn and Ross McDonnell have produced an Irish documentary about honeybees called Colony.

Colony Trailer from Colony Movie on Vimeo.

The unexplainable phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder has left landscapes of empty beehives all across America, threatening not only the beekeeping industry but our food supply.

As scientists and beekeepers search for the cause, Colony captures the struggle within the beekeeping community to save the honeybee and themselves.

Colony documents a time of unprecedented crisis in the world of the honeybee through the eyes of both veteran beekeeper, David Mendes, and Lance and Victor Seppi, two young brothers getting into beekeeping when most are getting out. As Mendes tries to save the nation’s collapsing hives, the Seppi’s try to keep their business alive amidst a collapsing economy.

You can read more about the movie at the Irish Times website or the official movie site.