Many bee-fly species are parasites of bees and wasps ... They like to feed from flowers that are purple, violet, blue or white and aren't attracted to bright yellow or pink flowers quite as much.

But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. A “bee fly” looks a bit like a bee, but it’s a freeloader that takes advantage of a bindweed turret bee’s hard work.

But it wasn't, so he decided to upload the photo to Google and it turned out to be a bee fly — scientifically known as Bombyliidae. It was the first time he ever saw one, and then he saw more a ...

Native Americans referred to the bees as "White Man's Fly." Today honeybees can be found all over the world. Bees are not fast fliers; while their wings beat over 11,000 cycles per minute ...