Underplayed Gems

Der Bienenstaat (1938)

Der Bienenstaat poster
Directed by
Ulrich Karl Traugott Schulz
Country
German Reich
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This is a documentary about life in a beehive over the course of a year. It shows the hive's construction, the roles of worker bees and the queen, and the hatching and pupation of larvae. The film also covers nectar collection, communication through dancing, and a fight with ants.

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What happens

Der Bienenstaat ist ein Kulturfilm von Wolfram Junghans und Ulrich K. T. Schulz von 1938. Gezeigt wird das Leben in einem Bienenstock im Verlauf eines Jahres, mit dem Aufbau am Beginn, den Funktionen von Arbeiterinnen und der Bienenkönigin, dem Schlüpfen der Larven, dem Verpuppen, dem Sammeln von Nektar, der gegenseitigen Verständigung durch Tanzen bis zum Kampf mit Ameisen am Ende des Jahres.Kerstin Stutterheim, Natur- und Tierfilme, in Peter Zimmermann, Kay Hoffmann (Hrsg.), Geschichte des dokumentarischen Films in Deutschland, 3, 2005, S. 159, mit Zitat der offiziellen Ufa-Inhaltsangabe Der Bienenstaat Murnau-Stiftung, mit Inhaltsangabe (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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