The Mysterious Bee

A nature documentary about Bees, Bee Behaviour and Basic Beekeeping

Phil Simon presents an entertaining and informative film about Honeybees, Bee Behaviour and Basic Beekeeping showing a very personal feeling of the relationship between him and his bees.

• Highlights include a Swarm of 10,000 Bees crawling up Simon’s legs in search of their Queen
• Close-up and Macro photography of the life cycles of the 3 castes of bees in a Beehive
• The fight to the death of two rival Queen Bees with their eerie war-cry as they challenge each other to mortal combat
• The large male Drone Bees and their role in the colony
• Close-ups of a bee stinging Simon's finger – then the Sting still pumping poison long after it has torn away from the bee
• The amazing direction finding Dance of the Honeybee
• Award Winner B.B.C. Wildscreen & U.S. Audubon Film Festival
• RUNNING TIME 48 MINS