Queen of the Sun Reviews
3 & 1/2 STARS – "Fascinating... Siegel circled the globe to interview the world's most passionate beekeepers, and their testimonials make this an irresistible romance about the essential role that honeybees play in maintaining earth's fragile ecosystem. It's also a cautionary tale with a hopeful outlook, as eco-friendly trends signal a revival of bee colonies decimated by pesticides and monoculture crop farming."
“I never thought that a documentary about honeybees would make me both laugh and cry-but northwest filmmaker Taggart Siegel's Queen of the Sun is one such film. Appearing at first glance to be a distressing, hand-wringing examination of Colony Collapse Syndrome, a phenomenon that has puzzled and dismayed beekeepers and scientists alike with its accelerated frequency of occurrences over the past decade, the film becomes a sometimes joyous, sometimes humbling meditation on how essential these seemingly insignificant yet complex social creatures are to the planet's life cycle.” [Read More]
"Queen of the Sun offers a counter narrative – if anything, the bees diagnose us." [Read More]
"Inspiring, humbling, thought provoking, entertaining, and beautifully shot, this film does much more than introduce the current crisis faced by the bees. Queen of the Sun is a call for cultural renewal, for a holistic and compassionate understanding of these amazing creatures." [Read More]