We are pleased to offer this My Garden of a Thousand Bees screening as part of the nationwide #PlantWildflo wers campaign that highlights the critical role bees and other pollinators play in healthy ecosystems. In support of the film\, My Garden of a T housand Bees\, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and PBS Nature launched the #PlantWildflowers campaign to encourage communities \;across the U.S. to better understand the importance of native bees and other pollinators a nd to create new pollinator habitats where pollinators can thrive.
\n&ldquo\;We hope this film astonishes and delights audiences as they watch never before seen footage documenting the daily lives of different specie s of bees\, said Dr. Sean B. Carroll\, Head of HHMI Tangled Bank Studios. &ldquo\;And we want everyone who sees this film to realize that wherever t hey are\, they can make a difference for native bees like the ones in the film by planting their own pollinator-friendly wildflowers."
\nThe f ull film is 53-minutes and had a national broadcast premiere on Nature on PBS in October 2021. We will host an audience discussion following the vie wing of the film.
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My Ga rden of a Thousand Bees follows acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn\ , who\, locked down by corona virus\, turns his lenses on the surprising a nd spectacular bees living in his own urban garden in Bristol\, England. W atch the trailer here.
\nStop into the library this summer to pick up a Bees of Eastern N orth America identification card and a free pack of midwestern wildflower seeds.
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