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A Ghost in the Making: Searching for the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee

Neil Losin, Morgan Heim, Clay Bolt, Nate Dappen | 2016 | 19 min.

2017 Official Selection

a-ghost-in-the-makingEveryone has heard about bee declines, but with so much attention focused on domesticated honeybees, someone has to speak up for the 4,000 species of native bees in North America. Natural history photographer Clay Bolt is on a multi-year quest to tell the stories of our native bees, and one elusive species – the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee – has become his white whale.

More info: www.rustypatched.com

See this film on tour near you:

February 10, 2019 Bay Shore NY YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
November 15, 2018 Corvallis Oregon Whiteside Theatre
November 9, 2018 Middletown OH River Center
October 4, 2018 Milwaukee WI The War Memorial
September 27, 2018 Peoria IL Peoria Riverfront Museum
September 27, 2018 Grover Beach CA Grover Beach Community Center
September 19, 2018 Normal IL The Normal Theater
July 28, 2018 Columbus GA Columbus State Riverside Theatre
April 22, 2018 Red Wing MN Sheldon Theatre
February 3, 2018 Cleveland OH Cleveland Museum of Natural History