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My Garden of a Thousand Bees

Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden, from giant bumblebees to scissor bees the size of a mosquito, which he films with mind-blowing results. Dohrn can identify individual insects and forms a remarkable relationship with one leaf-cutter bee he follows through its entire life.

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49 minutes

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Fri 27 Mar 2026 00:15

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Role Contributor
Narrator Martin Dohrn
Director David Allen
Producer Gaby Bastyra
Production Company Passion Planet
Production Company The WNET Group
Production Company HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Production Company PBS
Production Company CPB
Production Company Ammonite Films

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