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6 September 2013

Mating flight of the Queen bee

Film director Markus Imhoof used mini-helicopters and high-speed cameras to film a princess mating on the wing.

The film shows the mating In extraordinary close up detail, but also look out for the cloud of drones chasing their mate as seen from the ground in Heidrun Singer's beautiful Austrian apiary

The Guardian reports:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2013/sep/06/queen-bee-wedding-flight-video