SECRETS OF THE HIVE

Honeybees are in decline, but there are an estimated 20.000 bees out there that researchers still need to learn more about – including the honeybee.

Director: Dennis Wells

Dennis Wells started out as a radio journalist and studied sociology and media science in Düsseldorf. He worked as a sessional lecturer at the University of Düsseldorf before he moved to Vancouver to pursue a PhD in Sociology and work as a research assistant in project with First Nations. In 2008 he joined taglicht media and since then developed, produced and directed science and history documentaries for WDR, ZDF, arte, Smithsonian Channel and PBS. He now lives in Cologne, Germany.

Austria
2014
51 Min.
German
7
Director: Dennis Wells
Script: Dennis Wells
Cinematography: Jörg Adams, Roland Breitschuh, Attila Boa
Editing: Jan Stefan Kolbe
Music: Andreas Schäfer, Biber Gullatz
Narrator: Petra Konradi, Ernst-August Schepmann, Simon T. Roden
Editor: Servus TV
Awards: Best Ecology and Science Film 2015
Nominations: Best Animal Behaviour 2015,
Best Ecology and Science Film 2015
Website URL: www.terramater.at