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Bee Collection (page 5)

Background imageBee Collection: Dog with tambourine on a cutout Christmas card

Dog with tambourine on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBee Collection: The hydrogen balloon Bee inflated ready for ascending

The hydrogen balloon Bee inflated ready for ascending at Knowless Oxygen Works at Wolverhampton

Background imageBee Collection: Griffith Brewer and Alec Ogilvie in the basket

Griffith Brewer and Alec Ogilvie in the basket of 1, 800cu ft hydrogen balloon Bee standing in the airship shed at Etterbeck, Brussels, before ascending on 27 July 1912

Background imageBee Collection: The front cover of The Bee Hive

The front cover of The Bee Hive, August 1941, 16, (8). Date: 1941

Background imageBee Collection: Jacqueline Cochran (1906-1980) and Wesley Smith

Jacqueline Cochran (1906-1980) and Wesley Smith
Jacqueline Cochran, 1906-1980, and Wesley Smith alongside their Gee Bee QED in the 1934 MacRobertson Trophy Air Race. Date: 1906

Background imageBee Collection: The front cover of The Bee Hive volume IX

The front cover of The Bee Hive volume IX
The front cover of The Bee Hive, volume IX, Number 1, January 1935, published by the United Aircraft Corporation for the employees of its subsidiaries. Date: 1935

Background imageBee Collection: A Wee Bee homebuilt under the Convair XC-99

A Wee Bee homebuilt under the Convair XC-99

Background imageBee 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 imageBee 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 imageBee Collection: Two birds on title page, waiting for crumbs

Two birds on title page, waiting for crumbs
Heart-shaped enamel on metal badge made by Ernestine Mills (1871-1959), possibly for the W.S.P.Us Womens Exhibition of 1909

Background imageBee 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 imageBee Collection: Collection of mixed dead birds

Collection of mixed dead birds
Plate 65, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageBee 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 imageBee 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 imageBee Collection: Merops apiaster, European bee-eater

Merops apiaster, European bee-eater
Plate 144 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageBee Collection: Drawings 43-46 from the Watling Collection

Drawings 43-46 from the Watling Collection
43. A native fishing. 44. Comoo bee ornamented after a burial. 45. Ablaroo, a moobee after Balloderreeo funeral. 46. native of New South Wales

Background imageBee 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 imageBee 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 imageBee 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 imageBee Collection: Merops leschenaulti, chestnut-headed bee-eater

Merops leschenaulti, chestnut-headed bee-eater
Plate 33, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Background imageBee Collection: Collection of birds feathers

Collection of birds feathers
Plate 25 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Background imageBee Collection: Wild honey comb

Wild honey comb
Plate 42 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Background imageBee 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 imageBee 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 imageBee Collection: Bombyliidae specimens

Bombyliidae specimens
Bee-flies from around the world, clockwise from top left: Systropus, Bombylius, Cephalopdromia and Ligyra. Adults are flower feeders, the larvae are parasitoids of other insects

Background imageBee Collection: Bombus hypnorum, bumblebee

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

Background imageBee Collection: Pollen on bee

Pollen on bee
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of pollen on a bee. If the plant depends on animals for pollination, the pollen will be relatively large and sticky

Background imageBee Collection: Varroa jacobsoni, honey bee mite

Varroa jacobsoni, honey bee mite

Background imageBee 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 imageBee Collection: Honeybee visiting a flower

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

Background imageBee 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 imageBee 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 imageBee Collection: Odontoglossum alexandrea, orchid

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

Background imageBee Collection: Merops albicollis, white-throated bee-eater

Merops albicollis, white-throated bee-eater
Watercolour by Chloe Elizabeth Talbot Kelly (1960)

Background imageBee Collection: A bee-eater amidst flowers

A bee-eater amidst flowers 2011

Background imageBee Collection: Cat painting the world orange

Cat painting the world orange

Background imageBee Collection: The Fairy Child

The Fairy Child

Background imageBee Collection: i for insects

i for insects

Background imageBee Collection: The Bee Hive House, Salt Lake City

The Bee Hive House, Salt Lake City

Background imageBee Collection: Stolen property display, Operation Bumblebee

Stolen property display, Operation Bumblebee
A display of stolen property, forming part of Operation Bumblebee, a campaign for burglary prevention launched in 1993. This display consists of musical instruments: guitars, violins, saxophones

Background imageBee Collection: Beekeeping

Beekeeping
Hans Hermigk, About Beekeeping, Denmark. 1649. Date: 1649

Background imageBee Collection: Plentiful crop of Babies - Utah, United States

Plentiful crop of Babies - Utah, United States
A plentiful crop of Babies from Utah, United States. Date: 1906

Background imageBee Collection: Bee-eater from New South Wales, Australia

Bee-eater from New South Wales, Australia
A Bee-eater from New South Wales, Australia, perching on a branch with red berries. 1822

Background imageBee Collection: Plants / Ophrys Muscifera

Plants / Ophrys Muscifera
related to the BEE ORCHID (ophrys apifera) but this one attracts flies Date: late 19th century



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