Although most famed for its role alongside Bogart and Hepburn, the African Queen had a long and colorful life before hitting the big screen, explains Holmquist.

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They're joined by distinctly non-native green parrots: one legend claims they're descended from renegade extras escaped from the nearby set of 1951 Bogart movie The African Queen.

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Due to behavioural differences between the Cape and African subspecies, the African queen would have died by the 50th day and the hive crashed by the 100th.

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By the late 1960's however, the African Queen had swapped the big screen and the rural hinterland of the Congo for the concrete jungle of San Francisco.

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In the early 1950's the ship was spotted by the director of the African Queen, John Huston, and pulled temporarily from service so it could be used in the movie.

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During this period Hendricks Sr. took the African Queen around the world, gracing flotillas that marked the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dunkirk in the English Channel and the Queen Mother's 90th birthday on the River Thames.

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Unaffected by the African-queen-bee's scent, which normally maintains her majesty's monopoly on reproduction, the interloper activated her ovaries.

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The contemporary furnishings onboard the Zambezi Queen are mixed together with bold photographs of classic African wildlife, making for a cozy, African atmosphere.

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