Someone once said that if the honey bee disappeared off the face of the earth, then man would only have four years left to live. Why? Because: one in every three bites of food you eat at the dinner table depends on the industry of the honey bee. Without them there would be no pollination of flowers. Without flowers there would be no more apple pies, no more oranges, grapes, water melons, coffee, cucumbers, broccoli, valentines day, onions, sunflowers, cherries, cows, chickens, lamb cutlases, citrus fruits, tea, chocolate...
This fascinating documentary tells the bizarre tale of various beekeepers who woke up one morning to discover that their hives had emptied - their lives had changed - their bees had literally disappeared, overnight! The bees are disappearing...nobody knows why...nobody knows where. They're leaving in drones. They're leaving us forever. Off to another world presumably. BeeHive World! - It's a mystery buzzing to be solved. What's causing the bees to vanish? The silence of the bees...
