Although it behaves like a bee and seems a little bee-like, this is a fly. A hoverfly to be precise, genus syrphidae. They mimic bees as a defence against predators but the eyes and legs give them away.
They are important pollinators and the adult flies feed on nectar.
I don't know why, but when the mint flowers, it attracts large amounts of insects, even normal flies
There's a very emotional lobby about bees but I guess flies are too gross to be acknowledged as important
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Too true. Hoverflies pollinate and they are also important aphid predators
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Those last flies look like they are related to Jeff Goldblum
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Aargh! That film still gives me the creeps!
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