HHMI Night at the Movies is Back! Join HHMI Tangled Bank Studios at McCormick Place for a complimentary dinner and special screening of the award-winning film My Garden of a Thousand Bees. The screening will be followed by a discussion with special guest Dr. Samuel Ramsey, a.k.a Dr. Buggs. Dr. Ramsey an entomologist and master science communicator, will explore some fun and exciting ways you and your students can help your native pollinators.

See bees like you’ve never seen them before in the PBS Nature documentary, My Garden of a Thousand Bees. Locked down during the coronavirus pandemic, acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn set out to record all the bee species in his tiny urban garden in Bristol, England. Filming with one-of-a-kind lenses he forged at his kitchen table, he catalogues more than 60 different species, from Britain’s largest bumblebees to scissor bees the size of mosquitoes. Over long months, Dohrn observes how differences in behavior set different species apart. He eventually gets so close to the bees he can identify individuals by sight, documenting life at their level as we have never seen it before.

As part of its national campaign to highlight the importance of bees as crucial pollinators, and to promote the planting of bee-friendly habitat, Tangled Bank Studios will be giving out region-specific wildflower seeds and other bee-friendly resources.

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Every effort will be made to accommodate advance requests for People with Disabilities and Deaf Individuals; on-site requests cannot be guaranteed. Reasonable accommodations will be provided during the event. Please contact us at whitet@hhmi.org with any questions or for more assistance.

HHMI Night at the Movies NSTA 2022