{{short description|2010 documentary film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? | image = queenofthesun.jpg | alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = | director = Taggart Siegel | producer = Jon Betz | writer = | screenplay = | story = | starring = | music = Jami Sieber | cinematography = Taggart Siegel | editing = Taggart Siegel<br>Jon Betz | studio = Evan Schiller | distributor = Collective Eye Films | released = {{Film date|2010|4}} | runtime = 83 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?''''' is a 2010 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel. The film investigates multiple angles of the recent bee epidemic colony collapse disorder. It also explores the historical and contemporary relationship between bees and humans. Featuring interviews from Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk, Vandana Shiva, Hugh Wilson, Michael Thiele (former bee keeper at Green Gulch Farm),<ref name=themelissagarden.com>{{cite web|title=The Melisa Garden|url=http://www.themelissagarden.com/aboutus.html|website=Themelissagarden.com|access-date=22 March 2014|year=2011}}</ref> May Berenbaum, Carlo Petrini and Raj Patel.<ref name="themelissagarden.com"/>
==Awards== The film was an official selection of the 2010 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam for the Green Screen Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idfa.nl/nl/404|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103180853/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/Festival/news/latest_news/new-idfa-competition-for-documentaries-on-sustainability.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Niet gevonden | IDFA|archive-date=3 November 2010|website=Idfa.nl|access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref> It received the Documentary Audience Award from both the Maui Film Festival and Indie Memphis Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mauifilmfestival.com/mffw_awards.php|title=2010 Maui Film Festival Audience Awards|website=Mauifilmfestival.com|access-date=6 May 2021|archive-date=29 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629031457/http://www.mauifilmfestival.com/mffw_awards.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiememphis.org/|title=Indie Memphis|website=Indie Memphis|access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref> It was 2010 Pare Lorentz Honorable Mention for the International Documentary Association.<ref name=variety>{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Michael|title=Int'l Docu Assn. names special kudo winners|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/int-l-docu-assn-names-special-kudo-winners-1118028132/|website=Variety.com|access-date=22 March 2014|date=November 29, 2010}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.queenofthesun.com/}} * {{IMDb title|1645852|Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Queen Of The Sun}} Category:2010 films Category:2010 documentary films Category:American documentary films Category:Documentary films about bees Category:Documentary films about environmental issues Category:Films directed by Taggart Siegel Category:2010 English-language films Category:2010 American films Category:English-language documentary films
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