More than Honey
Wednesday January 15, 2014. 6:30pm reception, 7:00pm screening
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Come for the screening of “More than Honey”, a movie about the global decline of the bee population, the probable causes and consequences. A discussion panel will follow the screening with Eugene T. ash (TAMU beekeeper), Dean Cook (Houston beekeeper), and Walter Schumacher (Honey Bee Kind, Austin); moderated by Jay Crossley (Houston Tomorrow).
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Environment and Society, the Swiss Consulate, the rice Environmental Club,Transition Houston and the Green Film Series.
SYNOPSIS:
The bee population worldwide is in general decline. In the US, is the latest estimated suggest that 1.5 of the 2.4 million total beehives have disappeared across 27 states. The same phenomenon has been observed in Switzerland, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Poland and England. Scientists have found a name for the phenomenon that matches its scale, “colony collapse disorder” and they have good reason to be worried: 80% of plant species require bees to be pollinated. Without bees, there is no pollinization, and fruits and vegetables could disappear from the face of the Earth.