For a commercial of a brand in Turkey, the inside of the hive was screened using special shooting methods. In the images obtained in order to discover the Secret of the Bees, there is the moment of a bee making propolis. Moreover, these images may be a first in the world.
You must have seen close-up photos and videos of bees hovering on a honeycomb before, but in the video you will see soon, to carry propolis in his mouth You will witness it for the first time.
A commercial film crew explained why, how and how bees make propolis, which is not well known. What does propolis do? He captured stunning images in harsh conditions to show people.
Different styles of cameras were used to shoot 3 different videos, lasting approximately 9 minutes in total.
drilling a hive a special pipe camera and the process of making honey and propolis of bees was displayed in detail.
The film crew was told that it was unwise to put a camera inside a beehive in the first place. Because the bees he could cover his lens with wax or the moment they saw the camera, they could have stopped working and left the hive.
As the beekeepers said this as a feedback, the team a shot under stress performed. Fortunately, they did not encounter the mentioned situation and they were able to get the images they wanted, albeit with difficulty.
In case the bees cover the camera with wax, 3 different hives were made.
One was glass, just in case the wax possibility occurs outside the window shooting would take place. The other hive could be opened from various places. Another sleeve was pierced where the pipe cameras could pass.
Despite such production measures being taken, it cannot be said that a full measure has been taken since it is not possible to predict what the bees will do. an experimental job removed.
During the shooting process, the film crew faced various difficulties.
When they went to a bee farm, the account at home did not match the market. In fact, unsurprisingly, they’ve been stinged multiple times. What surprises them is when they open the hives and sigh. bees start to loot it happened.
Because the hives were opened, the honey was exposed and the bees who realized this of neighboring hives began to plunder their honey. When the looting started, the beekeepers had to close all the hives.
The film crew also faced logistical challenges while filming the stories of the beekeepers. Because beekeeping, by nature, can be done in high places, in forests.
The transfer of a shooting crew of 50 people to these areas by minibuses was under very difficult conditions. Where vehicles cannot pass bulldoze they had to, this time they risked getting stuck in the mud.
Another risk is they were bears. They encountered bear footprints 50 meters from where they were filming. Bears attracted by honey could walk around from time to time. Moreover, since the night shots were also taken, the probability of encountering them was very high, but they were lucky.
The films shot contain 3 different stories from 3 different profiles. The stories include criteria such as the effort shown by the beekeepers, the sacrifice, being included in the bees’ world and being a part of the discovery process of the bees.
Here is the first video that pays off for this wonderful effort: Hear the importance of black poplar tree for propolis from Beekeeper Salih.
Like his grandfather and father, he devoted his life to bees and beekeeping. Now he passes on what he knows about beekeeping to his children. Salih Kenan Önder explains why propolis is valuable and the secret of bees is propolis It explains in detail how it is produced.
Hear from Aziz the Beekeeper why bees produce propolis.
beekeeping a job of the heart Aziz Eker, who sees it as his father’s profession, has been keeping beekeeping for more than 20 years.
Hear from Beekeeper Ayşe for what she uses the propolis produced by bees.
Ayşe Hanım, who spent every moment of the 17 years in bees thinking about her bees; He listened to the bees and followed them. According to that The secret of bees is in propolis hidden.
These exquisite stories of beekeepers were filmed in 3 separate days. Beehive shooting, which used special shooting techniques, took 16 hours.
The editing of the videos took about 12 days. Total 33 hours of footagereduced to 9 minutes by refining.
As a result of this tremendous effort, the stories of Ayşe, Aziz, Salih and her daughter Berrak emerged. Of course, not only their story, but also the story of the bees. first time seen this close and the veil of the mystery of the bees was lifted.