Flies
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
Too true. Hoverflies pollinate and they are also important aphid predators
Those last flies look like they are related to Jeff Goldblum
Aargh! That film still gives me the creeps!