Series: Natural World
Season: Season 31
Episode Number: 12
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Duration: N/A min
The queen African honeybee rules the savannah - even elephants panic at the buzzing of her hive. This recreates the life of the queen and her colony as they fight to survive. Ground-breaking close-up photography shows a bee-eye view of their world, from the queen murdering her sisters to fighting off giant invaders and eventually migrating across the savannah to the great Mount Kenya. Accompanied by short film Safe in the City with Dr George McGavin on the growth of the urban beekeeper.
Verity White
Producer
Verity White
Writer
Jonathan Jones
Director of Photography
George McGavin
Self
Tamsin Greig
Narrator (voice)