Paris, for the Bees

Pollen Nation will screen at the Paris Environmental Film Festival, November 26th, 4pm at Cinema la Pagode : 57 rue de Babylone. We sent the film off for French subtitling today...

The Bee Broker

Singeli's story on bees and the almond industry was published today in the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday magazine.

Here's what one reader had to say:

Singeli Agnew's article on Joe Traynor's bee brokering for apiarists and almond growers was an excellent bit of writing on a fascinating subject . I am...beekeeper who has experienced many heartbreaks the past few years as my bees have repeatedly died off, no matter what I do to keep them healthy and alive....Agnew avoided the triteness of many newspaper and magazine articles on bees and wove together, briefly and elegantly, an accurate report on modern big time beekeeping, its major players and issues, and what bees mean to each of us.

Tom Clark
Piedmont, CA

Award for "Promoting Awareness of a Critical Issue"

Montana CINE Film Festival awarded Pollen Nation an honorable mention for "Promoting Awareness of a Critical Issue" at their annual festival in Missoula October 3- 7th at the Blackfoot Theater in Missoula. The film screened for elementary schools all week, followed by evening and weekend screenings for a general audience.

Berkeley Screening With Claire Kremen

SAFE Food and Farming Film Series
Thursday, October 18, 6:30 pm
The Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street in Berkeley
Screening will be followed by a discussion with MacArthur Genius Fellow Claire Kremen whose research investigates the contributions of native bees to agricultural pollination. Her works seeks to answer the question of how pollination services could be enhanced through altered land management practices, conservation of natural habitats, alternative farming practices, and restoration.