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The Banas were beekeepers well before becoming farmers ten years ago. Ownership of the trees bearing the hives predates land ownership and it is
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The Banas were beekeepers well before becoming farmers ten years ago. Ownership of the trees bearing the hives predates land ownership and it is passed down by inheritance. So, on the land of Oïta’s concession, there is a tree holding a hive but Oïta owns neither one nor the other and in no case can he cut this tree down without the hive owner’s permission. Karo people, Omo valley, Ethiopia
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To try to defend the colony from this incessant predation, the bees fight back by forming a cluster on the flight board. They thus save a few
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
To try to defend the colony from this incessant predation, the bees fight back by forming a cluster on the flight board. They thus save a few foraging bees returning after gathering nectar and pollen from the flowers. France
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Face-off between David and Goliath. The bee has no chance of defeating the formidable predator that is the Asian hornet Vespa velutina.
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Face-off between David and Goliath. The bee has no chance of defeating the formidable predator that is the Asian hornet Vespa velutina.
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - Children of the sun, a hive's activity is intense when the temperature rises above 15° Celsius and when the flowers
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - Children of the sun, a hive's activity is intense when the temperature rises above 15° Celsius and when the flowers produce an abundance of nectar. The nectar is secreted by the flowers to attract the insects who thus ensure the flowers' reproduction by transporting the pollen from the pistils to the stamens.
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - A bee on the newly-built wax cells. We can see the different sizes of the cells for the males and for
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - A bee on the newly-built wax cells. We can see the different sizes of the cells for the males and for the others bees. The males' cells are a third bigger. Their width is 8.75mm and their depth 16-17mm as opposed to 6mm and 12mm for the worker bees' cells.
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - The coming and going of bees during a massive return to the hive. A bee transports 20 to 30 milligrams of nectar and
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - The coming and going of bees during a massive return to the hive. A bee transports 20 to 30 milligrams of nectar and carries out 3 to 10 flights per day during 10 to 20 days of activity. A hive has between 100,000 and 200,000 foraging bees and thus harvests between 60 kilos and 300 kilos of honey per year.
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - In the hive between two parallel honeycombs. The bees store the nectar in the wax cells and, fanning
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - In the hive between two parallel honeycombs. The bees store the nectar in the wax cells and, fanning it, transform it into honey by lowering the moisture level from 80% to 17%. The buccal exchange between bees, the trophallaxis, plays a role in the making of the honey through the addition of enzymes.
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Warty crab (Eriphia verrucosa) on an oyster farm in the Etang de Thau, Hérault, Occitanie, France
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Warty crab (Eriphia verrucosa) on an oyster farm in the Etang de Thau, Hérault, Occitanie, France
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Badger (Meles meles) and Cattle in a meadow, England, Spring
© Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
© Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
Badger (Meles meles) and Cattle in a meadow, England, Spring
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Highland cow on the road between Elgon and Torrin - Isle of Skye ; Cows, liberty, rest on the road when it rains a lot.
© Duncan MacArthur / Biosphoto
© Duncan MacArthur / Biosphoto
Highland cow on the road between Elgon and Torrin - Isle of Skye ; Cows, liberty, rest on the road when it rains a lot.
© Laurent Lhoté / Biosphoto
Handcrafted pearl farm at sunset- Fakarava French Polynesia
© Patrice Correia / Biosphoto
Portrait of domestic buffalo - Nepal Terai
© Vincent M. / Biosphoto
Salt meadow sheep in front of the Mont Saint-Michel - France
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Gathering Horses Rapa das bestas Galicia Spain ; Sabucedo Pontevedra
© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Gathering Horses Rapa das bestas Galicia Spain ; Sabucedo Pontevedra
© Thierry Vezon / Biosphoto
Camargue Mare and foal at sunrise in the Camargue
© Thierry Vezon / Biosphoto
Camargue horses galloping into the water in the Camargue
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Reflections of a fish farmer in water throwing his net ; Veolia
© Frédéric Larrey / Biosphoto
© Frédéric Larrey / Biosphoto
Reflections of a fish farmer in water throwing his net ; Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2009
One Earth Award - Runner-up
Reflections of a fisherman
Breeding of Gilt-head bream and fish farmer looking for the fish vitality before the night.
This farm is producing the firth biological fishes certified of the Mediterranean.
How to feed all of us without disturbed the environment? The vision of the man how is looking for this alimentary reserve is particularly important today.
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Highland cow scratching the side with its horn Scotland
© Christophe Sidamon-Pesson / Biosphoto
© Christophe Sidamon-Pesson / Biosphoto
Highland cow scratching the side with its horn Scotland
© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
Two piglets on the grass France
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Portrait of Ostrichs eating in a ranch - Arizona USA ; Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch
© Ken Ross / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Ken Ross / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
Portrait of Ostrichs eating in a ranch - Arizona USA ; Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch
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Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from a young Atlantic
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from a young Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar, on salmon farm. Lumpfish is a species of cleaner fish, so called due to its natural behaviour removing and eating skin parasites from other species of fish.Sea lice are naturally occurring ectoparasitic copepods that attach themselves to marine fish and feed on mucus, skin and blood of their host. The salmon louse - Lepeophtheirus salmonis is of particular concern as it causes major health issues for farmed salmon including fin damage, skin erosion, wounds and a reduction in overall health and performance. If sea lice numbers are sufficient death can also occur. The treatment of them is currently dependent on a range of anti-parasitic chemical treatments, both bath and in-feed. The continued reliance and discharge of these chemicals combined with concerns about increasing resistance to their efficacy has led the salmon farming industry to introduce biological sea lice control with the use of cleaner fish that eat the sea lice from the salmons skin. Ballan wrasse and lumpfish are the predominant species used as cleaner fish, with a current heavy demand placed on wild capture fisheries to fulfil this demand despite the advent of farming for both species. Cleaner-fish, such as wrasse or lumpfish, live in the same cages as salmon where they attack and eat parasitic sea lice. generally have to be put into the cages in a ratio of 2 to 3 wrasses for 100 salmon. These cleaner fishes are used regularly to control sea lice on salmon farms in Scotland, Ireland and Norway.
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Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar, on salmon farm. Lumpfish is a
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar, on salmon farm. Lumpfish is a species of cleaner fish, so called due to its natural behaviour removing and eating skin parasites from other species of fish.Sea lice are naturally occurring ectoparasitic copepods that attach themselves to marine fish and feed on mucus, skin and blood of their host. The salmon louse - Lepeophtheirus salmonis is of particular concern as it causes major health issues for farmed salmon including fin damage, skin erosion, wounds and a reduction in overall health and performance. If sea lice numbers are sufficient death can also occur. The treatment of them is currently dependent on a range of anti-parasitic chemical treatments, both bath and in-feed. The continued reliance and discharge of these chemicals combined with concerns about increasing resistance to their efficacy has led the salmon farming industry to introduce biological sea lice control with the use of cleaner fish that eat the sea lice from the salmons skin. Ballan wrasse and lumpfish are the predominant species used as cleaner fish, with a current heavy demand placed on wild capture fisheries to fulfil this demand despite the advent of farming for both species. Cleaner-fish, such as wrasse or lumpfish, live in the same cages as salmon where they attack and eat parasitic sea lice. generally have to be put into the cages in a ratio of 2 to 3 wrasses for 100 salmon. These cleaner fishes are used regularly to control sea lice on salmon farms in Scotland, Ireland and Norway.
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Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from Atlantic
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Lumpsucker or lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus, eating salmon louses, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, from Atlantic salmon, Salmon salar, on salmon farm. Lumpfish is a species of cleaner fish, so called due to its natural behaviour removing and eating skin parasites from other species of fish.Sea lice are naturally occurring ectoparasitic copepods that attach themselves to marine fish and feed on mucus, skin and blood of their host. The salmon louse - Lepeophtheirus salmonis is of particular concern as it causes major health issues for farmed salmon including fin damage, skin erosion, wounds and a reduction in overall health and performance. If sea lice numbers are sufficient death can also occur. The treatment of them is currently dependent on a range of anti-parasitic chemical treatments, both bath and in-feed. The continued reliance and discharge of these chemicals combined with concerns about increasing resistance to their efficacy has led the salmon farming industry to introduce biological sea lice control with the use of cleaner fish that eat the sea lice from the salmons skin. Ballan wrasse and lumpfish are the predominant species used as cleaner fish, with a current heavy demand placed on wild capture fisheries to fulfil this demand despite the advent of farming for both species. Cleaner-fish, such as wrasse or lumpfish, live in the same cages as salmon where they attack and eat parasitic sea lice. generally have to be put into the cages in a ratio of 2 to 3 wrasses for 100 salmon. These cleaner fishes are used regularly to control sea lice on salmon farms in Scotland, Ireland and Norway.
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) at the entrance of the hive, Belgium
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) at the entrance of the hive, Belgium
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Sénéquet lighthouse on the rock of the same name 3.8 km off Gouville-sur-Mer, oyster beds in the foreground, Manche, Normandy, France
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
Sénéquet lighthouse on the rock of the same name 3.8 km off Gouville-sur-Mer, oyster beds in the foreground, Manche, Normandy, France
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Tardinghen mussel beds at sunset in autumn, Pas de Calais, France
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
Tardinghen mussel beds at sunset in autumn, Pas de Calais, France
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Speed-sail in front of the molders on the beach of Tardinghen in winter, Pas de Calais, France
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
Speed-sail in front of the molders on the beach of Tardinghen in winter, Pas de Calais, France
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4-year-old Rama looking at a beehive made for stingless bees along the Rio Indio River, Nicaragua, San Juan de Nicaragua
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
4-year-old Rama looking at a beehive made for stingless bees along the Rio Indio River, Nicaragua, San Juan de Nicaragua
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4-year-old Rama looking at a beehive made for stingless bees
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
4-year-old Rama looking at a beehive made for stingless bees along the Rio Indio River, Nicaragua, San Juan de Nicaragua
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Regional beehives for stingless bees along the Indio River.
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
Regional beehives for stingless bees along the Indio River. Nicaragua, San Juan de Nicaragua.
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Tujuba (Melipona rufiventris) workers at beehive entrance, meliponarium of the Botanical garden of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Dog equipped with an anti-wolf collar protecting a flock of sheep at mont Ventoux, Provence, France
© Eric Guilloret / Biosphoto
© Eric Guilloret / Biosphoto
Dog equipped with an anti-wolf collar protecting a flock of sheep at mont Ventoux, Provence, France
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Oyster park of Gouville sur mer, Manche, Cotentin, Normandy, France
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
Oyster park of Gouville sur mer, Manche, Cotentin, Normandy, France
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Oyster park of Gouville sur mer, Manche, Cotentin, Normandy, France
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
Oyster park of Gouville sur mer, Manche, Cotentin, Normandy, France
© Sergio Pitamitz / Biosphoto
Salmon farm, Vidoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark.
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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) on a background of bright blue sky, Provence, France.
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
© Andrey Gudkov / Biosphoto
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) on a background of bright blue sky, Provence, France.
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Estuary of Payré, Natura 2000 site, Dunes de la Plage du Veillon, Talmont St Hilaire, Pays de Loire, Vendée, France
© Alain Kubacsi / Biosphoto
© Alain Kubacsi / Biosphoto
Estuary of Payré, Natura 2000 site, Dunes de la Plage du Veillon, Talmont St Hilaire, Pays de Loire, Vendée, France
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Oyster farming, Estuary of Payré, Natura 2000 site, Dunes de la Plage du Veillon, Talmont St Hilaire, Pays de Loire, Vendée, France
© Alain Kubacsi / Biosphoto
© Alain Kubacsi / Biosphoto
Oyster farming, Estuary of Payré, Natura 2000 site, Dunes de la Plage du Veillon, Talmont St Hilaire, Pays de Loire, Vendée, France
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Young grouper (Epinephelus sp), Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Young grouper (Epinephelus sp), Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
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Young groupers (Epinephelus sp), Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Young groupers (Epinephelus sp), Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
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Aquaculture, Grouper fish populating with new fish from breeding floating ponds, Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Aquaculture, Grouper fish populating with new fish from breeding floating ponds, Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
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Aquaculture, feeding groupers in floating ponds at sea, Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Aquaculture, feeding groupers in floating ponds at sea, Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Aquaculture, feeding groupers in floating ponds at sea, Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
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Aquaculture, feeding groupers in floating ponds at sea, Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
© Alain Compost / Biosphoto
Aquaculture, feeding groupers in floating ponds at sea, Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Moluccas, Indonesia