Most of the flies having red eyes and lack of sclerotized leading wing 
veins (to my old eyes, anyway) indicate fruit flies, not Phorids. I 
usually ID live Phorids by their 'scuttling' movement.

I believe I see a drain fly (/Psychodid/) under the bee's eye

And maybe a Phorid on the bottom of the bee.

In any case, it  is likely the bee was in an environment containing much 
decaying organic material, probably high sugars too, attracting a 
diversity of insects. Explains the spider presence as well.

Richard Martyniak
/still/ a curmudgeon

On 01/03/2014 10:29 PM, J. Waggle wrote:
>> The photo is too small for me to ID. Unlikely that they are the
> parasitoids of recent fearmongering.
>
> better image:
> http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Hanging-Out-Lunch
>
> -J


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