More than Honey is a 2012 Swiss documentary film on DVD, directed by Markus Imhoof.

Worldwide, millions of honeybee colonies are dying each year, but the causes remain unknown. Depending on the world region, 50% to 90% of all local bees have disappeared, and this epidemic is still spreading from beehive to beehive all over the planet. Scientists have good reason to be worried by this colony collapse disorder: 80% of plant species require bees to be pollinated. Far from being a casual curiosity, the death of honeybees gains frightening importance when we consider that they pollinate a third of all the food we eat. Should we blame pesticides or the medications used to combat them? Parasites or new viruses? Travelling stress? On our trip for answers we meet almond growers in California, a Swiss mountain beekeeper, a bee neuroscientist in Berlin, a pollen dealer in China, a bee researcher in Australia, and an inspirational pioneer forging a future with killer bees.

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More Than Honey Documentary Reviews

“Eye-popping photography should draw viewers to this thoughtful, revealing doc.” Hollywood Reporter

“Summer's blitz of apocalypse movies has nothing on this bee doc.” Time Out

“[Markus] Imhoof makes bees more important than they have previously seemed.” The New Republic

“Without any preachiness, this magically beautiful film urges us to take better care of the bees, and honor the irreplaceable things that they do for us.” New York Post

“Imhoof's film is remarkable in its close-up photography. The bees loom large, like creatures from some mutant planet; dangle together in a delicate chain; and fill the air, floating like unusually vivid dust specks.” Seattle Times

“It is the elegance of its images that sets it apart from previous doomed bee documentaries. The footage of individual animals going about their business is a sight to behold.” Irish Times