剧情介绍
欧洲蜜蜂都是用于蜂蜜的商业生产，而全球的蜜蜂授粉事业规模高达1千亿美金。要是没有这个行业，全球将会损失三分之一的食物供应。 但是，蜜蜂正遭受多方威胁。农业工业化和栖息地的摧毁已经给它们带来了伤害，最大的威胁来自一种寄生螨——狄氏瓦螨。狄氏瓦螨已经大量杀害了世界各地的蜜蜂，除了澳大利亚之外……
Honeybee Blues tells the story of the world’s disappearing honeybees and the efforts of Australian scientist Dr Denis Anderson to save them from annihilation.
From the native bush and orchards of Australia to the industrial farmlands of the United States and the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Honeybee Blues is a scientific detective story that tells a 21st century cautionary tale.
The European honeybee, or Apis mellifera, is used for commercial honey production and by a global pollination industry worth up to $100 billion. Without it we would lose a third of the world’s food supply.
But honeybees are under threat from all directions. Industrial agriculture and habitat destruction have taken a toll but the biggest threat is a deadly parasitic mite which Anderson discovered and called Varroa destructor. It has decimated bee populations everywhere except Australia which is now the only country that still has European honeybees living in the wild. While in Papua New Guinea, Anderson discovers another lethal mite, Varroa jacobsoni, that adds to the threat to the world’s honeybees.
Denis Anderson believes the solution to eradicating the Varroa mite lies in the genes of the honeybee. He is trying to switch off the honeybee gene that tells the Varroa mite to reproduce. If he succeeds, he could save the last of the world’s wild European honeybees from extinction.
The film features observational sequences and interviews with biosecurity officers, bee exporters, pollinators and honey producers.
Combining macro photography of the insect world, a lively blues soundtrack and animation sequences, Honeybee Blues tracks the incredible journey of the world’s oldest domesticated animal and its predators around the globe.