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Apidae Collection

Background imageApidae Collection: Bombus sp. bumble bee

Bombus sp. bumble bee
Side-view mid-flight photograph of a bumble bee, photograph taken in the U.K

Background imageApidae Collection: Apis mellifera, European honey bee

Apis mellifera, European honey bee
Photograph 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

Background imageApidae Collection: Bombus pascorum, common carder bee

Bombus pascorum, common carder bee
A female Bombus pascorum, common carder bee visiting a plant in the wildlife garden

Background imageApidae Collection: Hyperechia nigripennis, robber fly

Hyperechia nigripennis, robber fly
A robber fly, an African predatory fly with a carpenter bee (Xylocopa) that it mimics. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageApidae Collection: Copal with honey bee

Copal with honey bee
A piece of East African copal with a honey bee, Apis mellifera preserved inside it. Specimen is less than 2 million years old

Background imageApidae Collection: Orchid bee in copal

Orchid bee in copal
Orchid bee in Colombian copal (a younger stage of amber). Probabaly less than 2 million years old. Donated by Miguel Caycedo

Background imageApidae Collection: The Honey Bees Nest in an ant hill

The Honey Bees Nest in an ant hill
At the Seba que River October 1870. Sketch 53 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Background imageApidae Collection: Honeycomb of Apis sp. honeybee

Honeycomb of Apis sp. honeybee
A close-up of the structure of a the honeycomb made by a colony of honeybees

Background imageApidae Collection: Anthophorites titania, fossil bee

Anthophorites titania, fossil bee
A well preserved specimen of the body of a bee. Legs and abdomen can clearly be seen

Background imageApidae Collection: Bee in Dominican amber

Bee in Dominican amber
A bee, Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Apidae trapped in Dominican amber. This specimen was used to attempt DNA extraction

Background imageApidae Collection: Bombus hypnorum, bumblebee

Bombus hypnorum, bumblebee
A bumblebee perched on Lythrum salicaria, purple loosetrife, in the Natural History Museums Wildlife Garden

Background imageApidae Collection: Apis mellifera, honey bee

Apis mellifera, honey bee
Scanning 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

Background imageApidae Collection: Honeybee visiting a flower

Honeybee visiting a flower
A working honeybee visiting a flower and collecting pollen

Background imageApidae Collection: Apis sp. honeybee visiting a flower

Apis sp. honeybee visiting a flower
A honeybee collecting nectar and pollen whilst visiting a garden flower

Background imageApidae Collection: Bombus sp. bumblebee visiting a flower

Bombus sp. bumblebee visiting a flower
A bumblebee visiting an attractive garden flower, collecting nectar and adding pollen to the pollen sac shown here on its hind leg

Background imageApidae Collection: Odontoglossum alexandrea, orchid

Odontoglossum alexandrea, orchid
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London


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