Krista Liebe
Special to the Tribune
The Williams Lake Film Club will show its last Awareness Film for the season this coming Saturday, April 9, at 2 p.m. at the Gibraltar Room.
Back doors open at 1:30 p.m. Admission is $5, so you can bring the whole family.
Vanishing of the Bees is the newest and only documentary on just this subject.
It takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee.
Honeybees are vital to sustaining our ecosystem and they are mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives.
This phenomenon is known as Colony Collapse Disorder.
It has brought the industry of beekeepers to crisis as commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that provide one out of every three bites of food on our tables.
This industry is responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries, almonds and hundreds of other fruits, vegetables and crops.
The film examines our current agricultural landscape and celebrates the ancient and sacred connection between man and the honeybee.
To empower the audience, the documentary provides viewers with tangible solutions they can apply to their everyday lives.
The documentary is narrated by Ellen Page and follows the commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes in their struggle to plead their case on Capitol Hill and travel across the Pacific Ocean in the quest to protect their honeybees.
Vanishing of the Bees unfolds as a dramatic tale of science and mystery, illuminating this extraordinary crisis and its greater meaning about the relationship between humankind and Mother Earth. The bees have a message — but will we listen?