'Secrets of the Bees' for World Honey Bee Day

Happy World Honey Bee Day! I'm celebrating by sharing Secrets of the Bees | Official Trailer | Narrated by Bertie Gregory | National Geographic.

National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory explores the extraordinary lives of bees — among the planet’s most important animals. Over three years, special cameras opened a rare window into a single hive, revealing their hidden world. With more than 20,000 bee species pollinating one-third of the world’s food, this series uncovers their astonishing architecture and intelligence, unlocking their secrets.

This is part of the same series that includes Secrets of the Whales, Secrets of the Elephants, Secrets of the Octopus, and Secrets of the Penguins, the last of which won two News & Documentary Emmy Awards in May. Narrator Bertie Gregory mentioned that heritage in the ABC News interview 'Secrets of the Bees' reveals the genius nature of bees and their impact on Earth.

National Geographic explorer and narrator of "Secrets of the Bees" Bertie Gregory talks about the new miniseries "Secrets of the Bees," streaming on Disney+ and Hulu on April 1.

Gregory did a good job of explaining the series, which I expect will be nominated at next year's News & Doc Emmy Awards, but he'd better. That his series is on National Geographic and he's promoting it on ABC News is not a coincidence. Disney owns both. As I wrote most recently in 'The Mythology of the Backrooms Explained' by Storied plus 'Backrooms' box office, it's not just news value that's driving the story. I can say the same about Inside Nat Geo's 'Secret of the Bees' from Good Morning America, an ABC News program.

The new series uses cutting-edge technology to reveal the world of bees in a whole new way.

I'm looking forward to blogging about this show two or three more times, when it's nominated for Outstanding Nature Documentary and Outstanding Cinematography - Documentary next spring, on World Bee Day, and maybe when and if it wins an Emmy or two. In the meantime, I can recommend the series to my students. Welcome to blogging as professional development.

That's a wrap for today's biodiversity holiday. Stay tuned for a tale of the Retail Apocalypse as the Sunday entertainment feature.