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Discover a different vision of the world of bees
Watch a powerful documentary
about natural beekeeping, regeneration, and our connection with nature...
Discover the beauty and urgency of protecting bees...
Bees are essential for the survival of life and humanity, but Bees are struggling due to human activities.
It is urgent to act and transform our view and attitude towards them.
Through numerous meetings with bee lovers, scientists, beekeepers and farmers, we invite you to better understand them, change our way we look at them and find concrete ways to act naturally so that we and future generations can continue to be with the bees for a long time...
To Be With the Bees is a journey into natural beekeeping — where the focus is not on honey and production, but on preservation of these fascinating beings .
Bees are a mirror of our world...
This film invites you to slow down, to listen, and to reimagine our relationship with bees.
" Incredible, fantastic, full of wonder ! " Jacqueline F
Film participants
Michael Joshin Thiele
Michael Joshin Thiele is an apiculture consultant and founder and president of Apis Arborea, a nonprofit focused on honeybee conservation through deep ecology and ecosystem-based strategies
Heidi Herrman
Heidi is a trustee of the Natural Beekeeping Trust she find an immense interest in the company of bees and has developed a great connection with them...
Vincent Albouy
Entomologist formerly attached to the entomology laboratory of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, he works on insects and their protection for almost 30 years. Author of numerous books for the general public on bees and insects.
Dr Peter Neumann
Peter is the Vinetum professor of the Institute of Bee Health. His research and teaching covers all aspects of bee health with focus on behavioural, evolutionary and molecular ecology of honey bees and their pathogens.
Jaqueline Freeman
Biodynamic american farmer and natural beekeeper. Author of the books Song of increase.
Deborah Post
Based on the realization that there wasn't enough natural food for bees and that they were starving, she set up Honey Highway to recreate biodiversity zones throughout the country, working together with company’s and governmental agencies.
Jonathan Powell
Is a trustee of the Natural Beekeeping Trust and co-founder of Learning from the Bees. He authored the Tree Beekeeping Field Guide, and oversees forest rewilding projects in the UK and Spain.
Pr.Thomas Seeley
Dr. Thomas D. Seeley is a professor at Cornell University. He is based in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, where he teaches courses on animal behavior and does research on the behavior, social life, and ecology of wild honey bees. His work is summarized in several books including Honeybee Democracy or Following the Wild Bees.
Gilles Denis
A professional beekeeper, after having practiced industrial beekeeping he discovered the Warré hive and developed an approach that respects the nature of the bee. He advocates a change in practices, based on observation and communication with the swarm.
Catherine Flurin
A pioneer of gentle, bee-friendly organic beekeeping in France, she is the founder of the Ballot Flurin company, which makes natural hygiene and beauty products using ingredients from her hives.
Maurice Rouvière
Maurice Rouvière is president of the Abeille et sagesse association based in south of France, and has been a fervent defender of the environment and biodiversity for over sixty years.
Pr. Martin Giurfa
Is a Franco-Argentinian professor at Sorbonne University, internationally recognized for his work in bee neuroethology. He currently heads a team working to understand the neurobiological mechanisms of bee cognition.
Céline Locqueville
Natural beekeeper, she's the author of the book Ruches refuges how to receive the bees in our garden.
Marom Hai Jan
A young israelian beelover, she's fascinated by the bees since she was a child.
Bernard Bertrand
He is an ardent defender of biodiversity and the author of numerous books on plants and wildlife. Author of the book Ruches de biodiversité.
Gérard Pello
General practitioner, specialist of the consequences of pesticides on the brain.
Jean Claude Guillaume
Natural and ecological beekeeper, he has dedicated his life to research into knowledge and practices that respect the nature of bees.
Jean Claude Poëncet
Biologist and holistic veterinarian, he invites us to rethink and understand the health of the earth and animals in a global way.
Yves Darricau
An agronomist and essayist, Yves Darricau is also, and above all, a beekeeper and tree planter! Faced with the loss of biodiversity, he invites us to embark on a landscape transition that offers useful ecological solutions for tackling the impact of climate change.
Karin Maassen
Beecentric beekeeper, incredible gardener for the bees and the biodiversity. With her husband they build natural beehives mostly placed in the trees.
Monica Barlow
Member of the NGO Bees for development. With her husband they work to rewild honeybees in their region (Wales).
Jean-Marc Aubret
Organic farmer and beekeeper, his project is to reconcile agriculture and beekeeping through bee-oriented agroforestry.
Karine Devot
founder and leader of the Apicool association. Its main aim is to raise awareness of the world of bees in all its diversity, and to propose actions to preserve pollinators for children, local authorities and businesses.
Henri Giorgi
Former beekeeper, he now devotes his time to protecting black bees and building trunk hives.
Who are we ?
We are two French documentary filmmakers who like to make films that make sense on subjects that are close to our hearts, open up debate and change the way we look at the world.
Perrine Bertrand & Yan Grill
contact@tobewiththebees.com
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