Bees on film

Most bumblebees are safely hibernating in December, so any bumblebee spotting has to be done on the internet, rather than the garden. If you search Youtube for 'Bumblebee' you are likely to find a lot of clips featuring a mechanical character in the Transformers movie. You might have better luck with more scientific terms like 'Bombus', the family name for all bumblebees. Here is one of my favourites:

It is not a bee that is often found in the Midlands, and film of this bee is even rarer, at least according to a BBC South Today feature on Ruderatus Bees found foraging in a field in Hampshire.