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The Story Of The Bee

1935

Cat no. 4127

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Documentary following the life of a colony of bees.

Opens with a tree trunk covered with bees. The veiled, but bare-handed, bee-keeper transfers them to a hive and puts leaves and twigs in too. A 'puffer' is used to introduce smoke into the box to quieten the bees, then some racks are removed. Close-ups of bees drinking honey in their hexagonal cells. Racks are shaken out and held up. The larger Queen bee is shown in close-up, inserting its abdomen into its cell. For comparison, the Queen, a drone and a worker are shown arranged left to right on a plain background. The result of the Queen laying an egg in each cell is shown - with the dark occupant developing into a white grub. Close-ups of bees gathering pollen from flowers to feed the larvae. After the transformation of the larval grubs into bees, the bee-keeper is seen prising a few remaining grubs from the hive cells. The hatched bees emerge from their cells. Close-up of the much larger cell built for the Queen. The honey having matured and the cells sealed by the bees, the bee-keeper is shown lifting racks from the hive and the bees shown in close-up. Finally, bees are seen drinking at the water's edge.

Keywords

Beekeeping

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      • Note: Awards (data migration 25/06/2021): Awarded the IAC Silver Medal in 1936. [1975 listing]

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