To adequately show the inner workings of a bee colony, in the late 1990s a NOVA documentary team spent a year developing custom macro lenses and a special bee studio. Once the equipment was in place, cameras captured rarely seen images from the life of a bee: the queen's "wedding flight," a struggle between rivals for the queenship, and the "waggle" dance, in which scout bees convey the exact location of nectar to a group of attentive bees.

The resulting film, NOVA: Tales From The Hive, reveals the highly social world of bees, who share in the gathering of food, communication, shelter construction, and defense.

Bee-Commerce, which recently relocated from Weston to 160A Sugar Street (Route 302) in Newtown, will offer a screening of Tales From The Hive on Monday, January 23. The screening will begin at 7 pm.

Suggested donation is $5.

Because seating is limited, reservations are requested and can be done by calling 203-222-2268 or sending e-mail to info@bee-commerce.com.

Bee-Commerce is a beekeeping supply business that is hoping to host additional events for the community. Additional information is available at bee-commerce.com.

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