Apis Mellifera Collection (page 5)

Honey bee, SEM C013 / 6675
Honey bee (Apis mellifera), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM)

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

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

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)

Honeycomb of Apis sp. honeybee
A close-up of the structure of a the honeycomb made by a colony of honeybees

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

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

Apis sp. honeybee visiting a flower
A honeybee collecting nectar and pollen whilst visiting a garden flower

USA, Oregon, Keizer, Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) nectaring on chives

USA, Oregon, Keizer, Honey Bee(Apis mellifera) taking off from chives

Bee keeping, Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) workers, on honey filled frame from hive, Suffolk, England, september

Mite on bee, SEM
Mite on honeybee. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a mite (Varroa sp. upper centre) on the thorax of a honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Mites on a honeybee, SEM
Mites on a honeybee. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of mites (order Acarina) on a honeybee (Apis mellifera). These mites, relatives of ticks and spiders, are parasites of the bee

Infected bee, SEM
Diseased bee. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a honeybee (Apis mellifera) infected with mites (Varroa sp. not seen)

Sting of a honeybee embedded in a human finger
Bee sting. View of a honeybee sting embedded in the skin of a human finger. At centre, the sting is seen, carrying with it nerve and muscle tissue that work to pump poison (peptides) into the finger

Honeybee leg. Light micrograph of the hind leg of a honeybee (Apis mellifera). The tibia and first tarsal segment of the leg (large segments)

Honey bee hatching, SEM
Honey bee hatching. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a European honey bee (Apis mellifica) emerging from its wax cell. One of its large compound eyes is at centre right

Honeybee stinging a finger
Bee sting. View of a honeybee Apis mellifera in the process of stinging a human finger. At lower centre, the sting has embedded in skin

Bee eye, SEM
Bee eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the compound eye of a honey bee (Apis mellifera). Protective hairs cover its surface

Honey bees on a beehive and honeycombs
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) on a beehive and honeycombs. The chambers in a honeycomb are created using wax secreted by the bees

Close-up of honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Honey bees. Close-up of honey bees (Apis mellifera). Most honey bees are workers which construct, maintain and defend the nest, take care of the larvae and gather food

Macrophpoto of the head of a honey bee
Macrophotograph of the head of a worker honey bee Apis mellifera: Mag. x3 at 35 mm

Honey bees on a beehive
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) on a beehive. These bees create honeycombs using wax, and fill the honeycomb chambers with honey, using nectar obtained from flowers, and capped with wax

Honey bee eye
Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the compound eye of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. The eye is adorned with long bristles which largely obscure the hexagonal shape of the eyes many facets

False colour SEM of a bee sting
Bee sting. Coloured scanning electron micrograph of the posterior end of a honeybee Apis mellifera showing the bees sting (needlelike)

Honeybees. Thermogram of honeybees (Apis mellifera) on honeycomb. The colours show variations in temperature. The scale runs from blue (coldest), through red, to yellow and white (warmest)

Honeybee heat experiment
Honeybee research. Researcher conducting an experiment to quantify the heat generated by a honeybee. Heat created by adult bees in a hive aids the development of pupae by keeping them warm

Bee in a holder. Honeybee (Apis mellifera) restrained in a tube for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI is a technique, usually used in medical diagnostics

Transmitter on bee, SEM

Bee flight simulator. Honeybee (Apis mellifera) tethered in a flight simulator. The panel of green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) produces a virtual world in which the bee can navigate

Honeybee research

Honeybee researcher Jurgen Tautz holding honeycomb from an experimental honeybee (Apis mellifera) hive. Tautz heads a research group at the University of Wurzburg, Germany

Bee on finger. Numbered queen honeybee (Apis mellifera) resting on the tip of a researchers finger. The bee has been labelled so that it can be recognised during experiments investigating honeybee

Queen bee with worker bees on a comb in a hive. The queen bee has been marked with a spot of paint (blue) to enable her to be identified. The colour enables the beekeeper to keep track of her age

Honey bee feeding on Sedum flowers
Honey bee (Apis sp.) feeding on Sedum sp. flowers. Photographed in Dorset, UK, in September

Sniffer honeybee detector. Honeybee (Apis melifera) head protruding from a cartridge that forms part of a chemical vapour detection device

Honey bee life cycle. Preserved specimens showing the life cycle of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). At top are pupae, at centre adults and at bottom a larva with honeycomb

Honeybee hind leg, SEM
Honey bee leg. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the hind leg of a honeybee (Apis mellifera). The dense coating of hairs are used to collect pollen

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) drinking from a patch of moisture on a leaf. Photographed in France

Honey bee wing hamuli, light micrograph
Honey bee wing hamuli. Light micrograph of the edge of the wing of a honey bee (Apis mellifera), showing the hook-like hamuli that couple the rear and fore wings together in flight

Honey bee pollinating flowers
A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) visiting lavender flowers in the summer. Photographed in Provence, France

Honey bee wing, light micrograph
Honey bee wing. Differential interference contrast micrograph of the upper surface of a honey bee (Apis mellifera) wing. Magnification about x150 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

Pollen on head of honeybee
False colour scanning electron micrograph of unidentified pollen grains on the hairs of the face of a worker honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee on flower
Macro photograph of a honey bee, Apis mellifera, on the flower of the ox-eye chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria. The pollen basket, loaded with pollen to be taken to the hive, is visible on the bees knee

Pollen on honeybee face
False-colour scanning electron micrograph of unidentified pollen grains on the hairs of the face of a worker honey bee, Apis mellifera

Honey bee on a Michaelmas daisy
Pollination. Macrophotograph of a honey bee, Apis mellifera, visiting a flowering Michaelmas daisy, Aster frikartii. Insects such as bees feed on the sugary fluid (nectar)

Pollen on honey bee leg, SEM
Pollen. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of pollen grains on the leg of a honey bee (Apis mellifera). Pollen grains are the male sex cells of a flowering plant

Pollen on the hairs of a bee
Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of unidentified pollen grains on the hairs of the face of a worker honey bee (Apis mellifera)

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