Death in the Beehive

The documentary shows the powerful coalition between german scientists and the pesticide industry, which causes the loss of life for billions of bees. But one brave beekeeper strikes back.

Director: Berndt Welz

Berndt Welz has been producing documentaries worldwide for many years. His focus is on critical and also investigative environmental, climate, agricultural and nature topics. Berndt Welz studied economics in Munich, attended the Burda School of Journalism and worked as a trainee at the Münchner Abendzeitung. He was a member of the editorial team at ProSieben (knowledge formats), deputy editorial director at Süddeutsche TV, chief reporter at Focus TV and editorial director of Wunderwelt Wissen (ProSieben). Since 2011 at the latest, however, he has devoted himself entirely to documentaries, his great passion.

Germany
2012
30 Min.
German
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Director: Berndt Welz
Script: Berndt Welz
Cinematography: Daniel Ritter, Stefan Moser, Mattias Meinl
Editing: Anya Schulz
Music:
Narrator: Olaf Pessler
Editor: Martin Ordolff
Nominations: Award of the Juvenile Jury 2013