<div dir="ltr">On June 12 the New York Times critic, Stephen Holden, reviewed the documentary, "More Than Honey" by a Swiss filmmaker. Markus Imhoof. The critic described the film as "fascinating but rambling."<div>
<br></div><div>If you read the critic's synopsis you will have have the impression that the filmmaker blames CCD on use of pesticides. The word, virus, does not appear at all in the review. What may be of particular interest to us is that Imhoof included footage of almond blossom season in California groves. This includes a sequence in which a honeybee is disabled by pesticides, recovers and flies back to the hive where "it will spread the pesticide."</div>
<div><br></div><div>The critic seemed most impressed with an interview sequence with Randolf Menzel who addresses the bee colony as "a single, large animal." Is this is an expansion of the "super organism concept" developed in the early 20th century? I wonder if this has anything to do with field experiments made by Dr. Thomas Seely (Cornell)? There was a nice piece on Seely's work on how a honeybee colony "makes choices" rerun on NOVA last night. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If this movie has some sort of impact on the press and public we may all be called upon to comment in the near future. This may mean I have to view it when, and if, it arrives in the fancy, movie art house near my town. They will charge me $9 for a ticket. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Peter </div></div>