Film Screening: “My Garden of a Thousand Bees”

Chattanooga State Humanities Auditorium 4501 Amnicola Hwy Campus Map

Taking refuge from the coronavirus pandemic, wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn set out to record all the bees he could find in his tiny urban garden. The documentary follows Dohrn during the COVID-19 lock-down of spring and summer 2020, as he becomes bee obsessed and develops relationships with individual bees. Filming more than 60 species of bees, from Britain’s largest bumblebees to scissor bees, which are the size of a mosquito, Dohrn observes how differences in behavior set different species apart from each other. Eventually, he gets so close to the bees, he can identify individuals just by looking at them.

Website: https://www.mygardenofathousandbees.com/

This program will be presented in partnership with the Bee City Lookout Mountain Chapter, Bee City Chattanooga State Campus Chapter, the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County, and the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones.