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Feature Stories - The Secret World of Wild Honey Bees (101) More files...
Ingo Arndt's photographs reveal the fascinating life of the wild honeybee as never before. With the help of leading bee researchers, Ingo has spent several years exploring the complex behaviour of forest-dwelling honeybees. His dramatic images take us inside the hive of wild honeybees, to reveal a robust and responsive insect, able to repel attacks and to adapt to a changing environment.
Thermal imaging of Honey bee (Apis mellifera) brood comb. Cooler parts appear darker, warmer parts appear bright in colour. Very bright spots showing worker bees heating brood cells with the help of t...
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Ingo Arndt / Thermal imaging of Honey bee (Apis mellifera) brood comb. Cooler parts appear darker, warmer parts appear bright in colour. Very bright spots showing worker bees heating brood cells with the help of t...
Researcher Benjamin Rutschmann investigates a natural Honey bee (Apis mellifera) hive in a old Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) nest, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Researcher Benjamin Rutschmann investigates a natural Honey bee (Apis mellifera) hive in a old Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) nest, Germany.
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) swarming on a tree trunk, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) swarming on a tree trunk, Germany.
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) starting a beehive in a tree nest cavity, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) starting a beehive in a tree nest cavity, Germany.
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers cleaning the wall around the entrance of a tree hole where they are establishing a colony, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers cleaning the wall around the entrance of a tree hole where they are establishing a colony, Germany.
Entrance of a tree bee hive, cut into living pine for tree bee keeping. Tree hive beekeeping is a traditional practice dating back 1000 years, Poland.
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Ingo Arndt / Entrance of a tree bee hive, cut into living pine for tree bee keeping. Tree hive beekeeping is a traditional practice dating back 1000 years, Poland.
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony beginning to establish a hive inside an old black woodpecker nest cavity as viewed from outside, Germany
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony beginning to establish a hive inside an old black woodpecker nest cavity as viewed from outside, Germany
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony closing nest entrance to their hive inside an old black woodpecker nest cavity as viewed from outside, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony closing nest entrance to their hive inside an old black woodpecker nest cavity as viewed from outside, Germany.
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker bees isolate wall inside their nest cavity, close to the entrance, with propolis or bee glue, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker bees isolate wall inside their nest cavity, close to the entrance, with propolis or bee glue, Germany.
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker setting a scent track for other bees to find the way to their new beehive inside a tree hole cavity, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker setting a scent track for other bees to find the way to their new beehive inside a tree hole cavity, Germany.
Honey bees (Apis mellifera), drinking water on hot summer day, Germany
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera), drinking water on hot summer day, Germany
Honey bees (Apis mellifera), workers exchanging food on honeycomb, Germany
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera), workers exchanging food on honeycomb, Germany