Taken from the Trailer of "Queen of the Sun."

A press release from the McHenry County Defenders:

GLOBAL BEE CRISIS MOVIE TO BE SHOWN AT MCC

Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

CRYSTAL LAKE – On Tuesday, October 25, the award winning documentary QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? will be shown at MCC’s Conference Center, 8900 U.S. Hwy. 14, Crystal Lake, at 7 pm, followed by an expert panel discussion with the Northern Illinois Beekeepers Association.

In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. Now, beekeepers around the United States and around the world are reporting an incredible loss of honeybees, a phenomenon deemed “Colony Collapse Disorder.”

This “pandemic” is indicated by bees disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation.

The queen is there, honey is there, but the bees are gone.

For the first time, in an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner’s prediction, “QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us?” investigates the long-term causes behind the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, commercial beekeepers, scientists and philosophers.

QUEEN OF THE SUN takes us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and into the mysterious world of the beehive.

The film unveils 10,000 years of beekeeping, illuminating the deep link between humans and bees and how that historic and sacred relationship has been lost due to highly mechanized industrial practices.

Bees are the engines that keep the earth in bloom. QUEEN OF THE SUN presents the bee crisis as a global wake-up call and illuminates a growing movement of beekeepers, community activists and scientists who are committed to renewing a culture in balance with nature.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. This event is sponsored by the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, McHenry County Transition, and the Northern Illinois Beekeepers Association, and hosted by the Lou Marchi Total Recycling Institute at MCC. For more information, call the Defenders at 815-338-0393 or Lou Marchi Total Recycling Institute at MCC at 815-479-7817.