Bristol's Hidden Bee City

Описание: A year ago, I moved to Bristol to work in the UK's wildlife TV industry. As a biologist from the Mediterranean, I found myself missing the pleasant countryside and all the little things that live there. This cold English city was not the environment I was used to living in. But one fateful day, I stumbled across something spectacular - an enormous concentration of wildlife, right in the middle of town...

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Species in this video:
Ashy mining bees (Andrena cineraria)
Nomad / cuckoo bee (Nomada goodeniana)
Bee-flies (Bombylius)
Conopid / thick-headed flies (Myopa & Conops vesicularis)

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Images & video material shown on the Bristol map background is archive material, of which I do not own the copyright; the copyright belongs to the respective owners.

Clips from Planet Earth II, Life On Earth, The First Eden, Life In The Undergrowth, The Life of Mammals and Life On Our Planet are included under Fair Use, as they are part of a montage intended to review the wildlife TV industry in Bristol.

The image of a conopid fly pupa in the abdomen of a bee comes from the following source:

Moure-Oliveira et al. (2019). Host-parasitoid interactions between the solitary bee Centris analis (Apidae: Centridini) and conopid flies (Diptera: Conopidae). Sci Nat 106, 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-019-16...

The video of a conopid fly emerging from its bee host comes from the following source:

Gibson et al. (2014). ECLOSION OF PHYSOCEPHALA TIBIALIS (SAY) (DIPTERA: CONOPIDAE) FROM A BOMBUS (APIDAE: HYMENOPTERA) HOST: A VIDEO RECORD. J. ent. Soc. Ont. 145: 51–60