Rajani Mani | India | 51 mins | 2022

LANGUAGE: English, Tamil, Kannada

This film examines the state of wild bees in a fast-developing Indian landscape. For the first time, migratory honeybees Apis dorsata (Rockbees) - which are native to South Asia – have been filmed extensively over various landscapes. Alarmed by reports warning about an insect apocalypse, filmmaker Rajani Mani is concerned about the way in India honeybee hives are often sprayed with pesticides exterminating the entire colony.This begins her journey of exploration – learning about India's wild bees and what is killing them. The film asks the critical question, if in the future these wild bees disappear entirely what would it mean to the farmer, the forest, and to the future generations of humans?