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Polistes wasp (Polistes sp.) drinking from a terracotta saucer pot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
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
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
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.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
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
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
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
© 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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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) covered with pollen, pollinator on Mallow (Malva sp), Pagny-sur-meuse, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
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
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
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
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
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
© 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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Saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) facing an ant carrying a dandelion seed, Sabzevar, Iran
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
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
© Philippe Giraud / Biosgarden / Biosphoto
© Philippe Giraud / Biosgarden / Biosphoto
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
© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
© Cyril Ruoso / Biosphoto
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.
© Daniel Heuclin / Biosphoto
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
© Maciej Olszewski / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
© Maciej Olszewski / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
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
© Thomas Hinsche / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
© Thomas Hinsche / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
Ant with captured dragonfly as food, Eurasian Bluet (Coenagrion), Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting nectar from a Chinese Pittosporum (Pittosporum heterophyllum), Bouches-du-Rhone, France
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Honey bees (Apis mellifera) going on snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) going on snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) going on snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) going on snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) going on snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) going on snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) floraging on Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus) flowers, Var, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) floraging on Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus) flowers, Var, France
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Paper wasps (Polistes dominula) drinking from a terracotta saucer pot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Paper wasps (Polistes dominula) drinking from a terracotta saucer pot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight on a Geranium garden flower, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight on a Geranium garden flower, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on a Geranium garden flower, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on a Geranium garden flower, Bouxières aux dames, Lorraine, France
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European paper wasp (Polistes dominula), worker on nest, Gers, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
European paper wasp (Polistes dominula), worker on nest, Gers, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on a Borage (Borago officinalis) flower, Var, France
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Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia) catching a honey bee (Apis mellifera) on a carrot flower, Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Goldenrod Spider (Misumena vatia) catching a honey bee (Apis mellifera) on a carrot flower, Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord, France
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European wasps (Vespula germanica) removing balls of soil from
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
European wasps (Vespula germanica) removing balls of soil from their underground nest, Gers, France
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Lignicolous ants following each other, physogastry, trophallaxis
© Robin Fourré / Biosphoto
© Robin Fourré / Biosphoto
Lignicolous ants following each other, physogastry, trophallaxis
© Robin Fourré / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight on artichoke flower
© Robin Fourré / Biosphoto
Lignicolous ants face to face, physogastry, trophallaxis
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
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,
© Monique Morin / Biosphoto
© Monique Morin / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on ash heather (Erica cinerea) on a summer evening, Auvergne, France
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on mallow flower, limestone lawn, former ONF site, Velaine en Haye, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on mallow flower, limestone lawn, former ONF site, Velaine en Haye, Lorraine, France
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Honeybee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Aster flower (Asteriscus intermedius), Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
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
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) capturing a honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a flower, Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, Nancy, Lorraine, France