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Bombus sp. bumble beeSide-view mid-flight photograph of a bumble bee, photograph taken in the U.K
Apis mellifera, European honey beePhotograph of a European honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the wildlife garden. A typical small hive contains about 20, 000 bees which are divided into three types; Queen, Drones, and Workers
Bombus pascorum, common carder beeA female Bombus pascorum, common carder bee visiting a plant in the wildlife garden
Hyperechia nigripennis, robber flyA robber fly, an African predatory fly with a carpenter bee (Xylocopa) that it mimics. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London
Copal with honey beeA piece of East African copal with a honey bee, Apis mellifera preserved inside it. Specimen is less than 2 million years old
Orchid bee in copalOrchid bee in Colombian copal (a younger stage of amber). Probabaly less than 2 million years old. Donated by Miguel Caycedo
The Honey Bees Nest in an ant hillAt the Seba que River October 1870. Sketch 53 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)
Honeycomb of Apis sp. honeybeeA close-up of the structure of a the honeycomb made by a colony of honeybees
Anthophorites titania, fossil beeA well preserved specimen of the body of a bee. Legs and abdomen can clearly be seen
Bee in Dominican amberA bee, Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Apidae trapped in Dominican amber. This specimen was used to attempt DNA extraction
Bombus hypnorum, bumblebeeA bumblebee perched on Lythrum salicaria, purple loosetrife, in the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden
Apis mellifera, honey beeScanning electron microscope image of a honey bee coloured artificially by computer. The female worker caste of this species have special baskets on their legs to to take pollen back to the nest
Honeybee visiting a flowerA working honeybee visiting a flower and collecting pollen
Apis sp. honeybee visiting a flowerA honeybee collecting nectar and pollen whilst visiting a garden flower
Bombus sp. bumblebee visiting a flowerA bumblebee visiting an attractive garden flower, collecting nectar and adding pollen to the pollen sac shown here on its hind leg
Odontoglossum alexandrea, orchidIllustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London