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Lignicolous ant, physogastry, trophallaxis

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Polistes wasp (Polistes sp.) drinking from a terracotta saucer pot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight on garden geranium flower (Pelargonium sp), Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France

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Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) foraging on Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicaule) flowers, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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Black ants and their herd of aphids. Ants are fond of honeydew. They collect it directly from the aphid's abdomen, a process known as trophobiosis. When no honeydew arrives, they tap the aphid's abdomen with their antennae. By trophallaxis, they then share it with the other workers.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker visiting Borage (Borago officinalis) flower, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

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Buckfast bee, Placing a virgin queen with workers and food for adoption in the hive, Centre region, France

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Buckfast bee, Open 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

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) covered with pollen, pollinator on Mallow (Malva sp), Pagny-sur-meuse, Lorraine, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) covered with pollen, pollinator on Mallow (Malva sp), Pagny-sur-meuse, Lorraine, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) covered with pollen, pollinator on Mallow (Malva sp), Pagny-sur-meuse, Lorraine, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on a rosehip flower, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Honey bees (Apis mellifera) back to the hive, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

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The Honey Ants Dream. The honeypot ants' chambers can generally be found more than one meter deep. They are connected to one of the entrances to the colony by a vertical tunnel that is dug out by the worker ants in very hard earth. Northern Territory, Australia

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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 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 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 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 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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Saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) facing an ant carrying a dandelion seed, Sabzevar, Iran

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Honey bee covered with pollen, Provence, France

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Aztec ants on Cecropia - Barro Colorado Panama ; The Aztec ants live in association with a fast growing tree, the Cecropia. The hollow trunk of Cecropia allows ants to install and it secret at the base of its leaves nectar that feeds them. In return, the ants protect the tree aztec against climbing plants seeking support and herbivores. A fine example of cooperation.

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Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves Bolivia 

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Macro Focus Stacking picture of Red Wood Ant (Formica rufa) in Devon in England, UK

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Ant with captured dragonfly as food, Eurasian Bluet (Coenagrion), Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

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Lignicolous ants following each other, physogastry, trophallaxis

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight on artichoke flower

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on Giant Hyssop flowers

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Lignicolous ants face to face, physogastry, trophallaxis

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Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) foraging on a Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) flower blossom, Var, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on ash heather (Erica cinerea) on a summer evening, Auvergne, France

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Abeille domestique (Apis mellifera) butineur sur fleur de mauve, pelouse calcaire, ancien site ONF, Velaine en Haye, Lorraine, France

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Honeybee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Aster flower (Asteriscus intermedius), Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas), Richwiller, Alsace, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on sunflower flower, Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France

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Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) capturing a honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a flower, Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France

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Bumblebee (Bombus sp.) gathering Pomegranate (Punica granatum) flowers, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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Ant (Camponotus cruentatus) workers, moving larvae in exposed nest, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

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Harvester ant (Messor sp) Majors and small workers active on the ground around the entrance to an underground gallery, spring on a country road, near Hyères, Var, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight gathering borage flowers (Borago officinalis) in spring, Country lane near Hyères, Var, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying by Arrowwood (Viburnum carlesii) flowers, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker nectaring on a Borage (Borago officinalis) flower, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Great Burdock (Arctium lappa) flower, Savoie, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on French lavender (Lavandula stoechas)

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Grey-leaved cistus (Cistus albidus) flower, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

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Black ant (Lasius sp) with larvae under bark, France

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Aphid breeding by red ants (Myrmica rubra) on a purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) in late spring: ants are very fond of aphid honeydew, which can be an important food source for them. Auvergne, France

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on flowering Wallflower (Erysimum sp.) 'Winter Joy', Gard, France

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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on asters, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France

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Black ant on a Botteronii Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) flower, Auvergne, France

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