Honey Bees and Pollination

195730 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: Larry GosnellJ.V. Durden

Production: Larry GosnellJ.V. DurdenDavid Bairstow

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Agriculture.

A colour film showing the relationship between the activity of bees and the fertility of field and orchard crops. Much of the film is in close-up so that the process of cross-pollination of flowers by bees can be clearly observed. The life of the hive is similarly illustrated, including the peculiar dance by which a successful bee tells the others where its source of honey is located. The film warns that indiscriminate use of chemical sprays may destroy bees, with consequent loss of fertility in crops.

Subject categories


  • Agriculture > Crops - Cultivation and Harvesting
  • Plants > Flowers
  • Animals > Insects

Credits


director
Larry Gosnell
J.V. Durden
photography
Larry Gosnell
J.V. Durden
producer
Larry Gosnell
J.V. Durden
David Bairstow
sound
George Croll
editing
J.V. Durden
sound editing
Bernard Bordeleau
narrator
Percy Rodriguez
music
Eldon Rathburn