Strange BEE havour Or Hover Fly Behavour

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john cobham
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Strange BEE havour Or Hover Fly Behavour

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First of all can anyone ID these bees/ hover flies.

Secondly for a few minutes 4 of the bees / hover flies ( 1 out of shot ) kept mobbing the bee / hover fly on the Marsh Merigold. Could the bottom one be a female and the rest males ??
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Janice Sutton
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Re: Strange BEE havour Or Hover Fly Behavour

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Hoverflies Eristalis nemorum, typical behaviour males hovering above the female on the flower.
john cobham
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Re: Strange BEE havour Or Hover Fly Behavour

Post by john cobham »

Thank you Janice .They certainly weren't giving up.
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