My Garden of a Thousand Bees review – a joyous film on the unbearable lightness of bee-ing

This gasp-inducing documentary shows a man buzzing over the remarkable insects that bumble around his garden … and ended up changing his lifeMartin Dohrn likes bees. Big bees, small bees,...

By Sarah Dempster · The Guardian Culture

This gasp-inducing documentary shows a man buzzing over the remarkable insects that bumble around his garden … and ended up changing his life Martin Dohrn likes bees. Big bees, small bees, angry bees, randy bees, bees with voluminous ruffs and calves like tiny Henry VIIIs – rare is the bee that Dohrn doesn’t deem worthy of … what, exactly? Appreciation? Or something more profound? “It’s hard to explain,” says the veteran wildlife photographer, peering at us through his red-framed glasses while perched at his gadget-strewn kitchen table. “But I really feel for bees. They’re really … I mean, I could say they’re my friends.” Continue reading...