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Buckfast bee, Placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, A cupule is installed before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Central region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, A cupule is installed before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Central region, France
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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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Wax combs from a bees' nest in Ariège. Bee (Apis mellifera) nest on a cliff in Ariège. France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Wax combs from a bees' nest in Ariège. Bee (Apis mellifera) nest on a cliff in Ariège. France
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Swarm of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) entering a capture hive, Finistère, France
© Jean Mayet / Biosphoto
© Jean Mayet / Biosphoto
Swarm of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) entering a capture hive, Finistère, France
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Swarm of bees on a branch in a garden after it left a beekeeper's
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
Swarm of bees on a branch in a garden after it left a beekeeper's hive on a stormy day, Lyon, France
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Man (model released) looking for queen bee amongst swarm of Bees (Apis sp), Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Man (model released) looking for queen bee amongst swarm of Bees (Apis sp), Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia
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Buckfast bee, placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Birth of a virgin queen before installation in the hive, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Birth of a virgin queen before installation in the hive, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Transfer of a virgin queen to an adoption cage, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Transfer of a virgin queen to an adoption cage, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Transfer of a virgin queen to an adoption cage, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Transfer of a virgin queen to an adoption cage, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Royal cells at the end of the incubator, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Royal cells at the end of the incubator, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Heated incubator with temperature control, Centre Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Heated incubator with temperature control, Centre Region, France
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Buckfast bee, Collecting a larva from royal jelly to raise a queen, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Collecting a larva from royal jelly to raise a queen, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Genetically selected breeding queen. Queen stock for breeding other F1 queens, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Genetically selected breeding queen. Queen stock for breeding other F1 queens, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Frame containing brood, Centre Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Frame containing brood, Centre Region, France
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Buckfast bee, nectar cells and dried cells filled with honey, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, nectar cells and dried cells filled with honey, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Visualisation of brood frames, Centre Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Visualisation of brood frames, Centre Region, France
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Buckfast bee, nectar cells and dried cells filled with honey, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, nectar cells and dried cells filled with honey, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, nectar cells and dried cells filled with honey, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, nectar cells and dried cells filled with honey, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Installation of a cup before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Installation of a cup before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Royal cell ready to hatch and empty with the cap opened by the virgin queen bee, Centre Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Royal cell ready to hatch and empty with the cap opened by the virgin queen bee, Centre Region, France
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Buckfast bee, A cupule is installed before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Centre region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, A cupule is installed before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Centre region, France
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Buckfast bee, Taking out a frame to install the cup on it, Central Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Taking out a frame to install the cup on it, Central Region, France
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Buckfast bee, A cupule is installed before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Central region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, A cupule is installed before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Central region, France
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Buckfast bee, Installation of a cup before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Central region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Installation of a cup before the queen hatches. It is called "morel" because of its shape, Central region, France
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Buckfast bee, Setting up a queen rearing cup, Central Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Setting up a queen rearing cup, Central Region, France
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Buckfast bee, Visualisation of the progress of the royal cell before introduction and choice of method according to the state, Central Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Visualisation of the progress of the royal cell before introduction and choice of method according to the state, Central Region, France
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Buckfast bee, Moving the hive supers to install a queen, Central region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Moving the hive supers to install a queen, Central region, France
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Buckfast bee, Installation of a cup before queen hatching, Central Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Installation of a cup before queen hatching, Central Region, France
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Buckfast bee, queen placement in an orphan swarm, Central Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, queen placement in an orphan swarm, Central Region, France
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Buckfast bee, Checking cupules newly installed in the hive, work of the workers to feed and build the royal cell, Central region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Checking cupules newly installed in the hive, work of the workers to feed and build the royal cell, Central region, France
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Buckfast bee,, placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Central Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee,, placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Central Region, France
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Buckfast bee, Birth of a bee, leaving the cell, Central region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Birth of a bee, leaving the cell, Central region, France
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Buckfast bee, Birth of a bee, leaving the cell, Central region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Birth of a bee, leaving the cell, Central region, France
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Buckfast bee, Collecting a larva from royal jelly to raise a queen, Central Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Collecting a larva from royal jelly to raise a queen, Central Region, France
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Buckfast bee, Installation of cups for queen rearing, Central Region, France
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Buckfast bee, Installation of cups for queen rearing, Central Region, France