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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen baskets feeding on Balkan anemone (Anemone blanda). In garden. Surrey, England, UK. April
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) extending proboscis to nectar on Common rue (Ruta graveolens). Green aphid (Aphidoidea) beneath flower. Surrey, England, UK. July
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on freshly opened yellow Lantana (Lantana camara) flowers. Flowers turn pink when nectar no longer provided. In garden, Tanzania. Native to tropical Americas
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Peony (Paeonia officinalis) pollen. Surrey, England, UK. May
Carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp) nectaring on Clary sage (Salvia sclarea). Pollen deposited on bees back by hanging anthers. Turkey. June
Ant (Formicidae) nectaring on Geraldton waxflower (Chamelaucium uncinatum). Western Australia Botanic Garden, Kings Park, Perth, Australia. November
Chilean bellflower (Crinodendron hookerianum) releasing pollen via sonication which replicates buzz pollination. Native to Chile. Controlled conditions
Great yellow bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) nectaring on Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria). RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist; Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. July
Leaf cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying piece of leaf, Costa Rica
Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), in flight, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May
Slender mining / Common furrow bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) feeding on ragwort Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, UK September
Brown banded carder bee (Bombus humilis) pollinating Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, September
Bumblebee, (Bombus spp), in flight near rosebay willowherb flower, Scotland, UK, August
Mining bee / Little flower bee (Anthophora bimaculata) taking nectar and pollen from Common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) flower, with pollen covered scopa, Surrey, England, UK. August
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on Fleabane (Erigion eriginousus) Newport Marshes Reserve, Gwent, Wales, UK. August
Hornet (Vespa crabro) drinking at bird bath. Dorset, UK, July
Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) flying to Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July
Two coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) bee that nests in old snail shells and then carries bits of twig or vegetation to cover the shell, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June
Giant honey bee nest (Apis dorsata) up in a giant Mengaris tree (Koompassia excelsa) dipterocarp forest in Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Red mason bee (Osmia rufa) female emerging from her nest hole in a drilled log within an insect hotel after provisioning a brood cell with pollen, Gloucestershire garden, UK, April
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on comb with honey, Kiel, Germany, June
Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Army ants (Eciton sp. ) Costa Rica. February 2015Army ants (Eciton sp.) Costa Rica. February 2015
Red wasp (Polistes carolina) in flight Lamar County, Texas, USA Controlled conditions. August
Hornet (Vespa crabro) close up of head
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) on honeycomb. Scotland, UK, May 2010
Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) new species to the UK in 2001. Male resting on Blackberry, Oxfordshire, England, UK, September
Ants (Formicidae) attacking newly emerged cicada (Cicadacae), Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. Highly commended in the Invertebrates Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY)
Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding from Chive (Allium schoenoprasum), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June
Mining bee (Andrena sp) flying to Giant harebell (Campanula latifolia), Pentwyn farm SSSI, Gwent Wildlife Trust Reserve, Monmouthshire Wales UK, July
Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) holding leaves together during nest building, Malaysian Borneo
Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) portrait, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) flying to fuchsia flower, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaves, Costa Rica
Ant mimicing spider in Sierra Madre National Park, Luzon, Philippines. September
Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium angustifolium) with bees in flight, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, August 2009
Parasitoid wasp (Ichneumonidae) carrying a large paralysed caterpillar to its nesting hole, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009
Field larkspur (Consolida regalis / Delphinium consolida) with Bumble bee flying by flower, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009
European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum). Perthshire, Scotland, July
Worker honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on nectar of Borage (Borago officinalis) flower in conservation margin at RSPBs Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK. May
Wood ant (Formica rufa) Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July. 2020VISION Book Plate
Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker alighting on a Scorpionweed (Phacelia tancetifolia) flower in a conservation margin in order to feed, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) beehives sited on edge of heathland for premium heather honey production, Suffolk, UK, August 2011
Close up of European dark bee (Apis mellifera mellifera - nigra race), feeding on ice plant flowers (Sedum spectabile), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September
European hornet (Vespa crabro) worker in flight, Surrey, England, August
Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) taking off from Cornflower (Centaurea cyanea) in Bishops Meadow, Farnham. Surrey, England, UK, July 2014. Digital composite
Honeybee (Apis meliffera) visiting flax flowers, (Linum usitatissimum), Monmouthshire Wales, UK, May
Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), visiting flax flowers, (Linum usitatissimum), Monmouthshire Wales, UK, May
