Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages on pollen in Apple (Malus domestica) flower, collecting pollen in pollen basket. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Immature caterpillar of a codling moth (Cydia pomonell) eating its way through a gallery in a ripening apple fruit, Berkshire, July

Nigel Cattlin / Peach leaf curl (Taprina deformans) fungal disease distortion of leaves on a young Peach tree, Berkshire, September.

John Shaw / Poplar (Populus sp.) tree plantation, hybrid species, in autumn, Boardman Tree Farm, near Irrigon, Oregon, USA. October.

Ingo Arndt / White-handed gibbon {Hylobates lar} feeding in {Ficus sp} tree Khao Yai NP Thailand

Andres M. Dominguez / Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) in Poplar woodland (Populus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain. October.

Pascal Pittorino / Lemon tree (Citrus limon) covered in snow, Var, Provence, France, February.

Pascal Pittorino / Mediterranean tree frogs (Hyla meridionalis) mating on a branch of Quince tree (Cydonia oblonga) Var, Provence, France, April.

Pascal Pittorino / Net under Olive trees (Olea europaea) for harvesting olives, Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano, Corsica Island, France, September

Andy Trowbridge / Male Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on flowering European bird cherry (Prunus padus). Southern Norway. May.

Marie Read / Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) male singing in spring, perched on Pear blossom (Pyrus sp.) flowers, New York, USA May.

John Waters / Walkers strolling along the bank between in flooded Aller Moor, with mistletoe laden apple tree, near Burrowbridge, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. January 2014

Pascal Tordeux,Pascal Tordeux / Lime tree in a field of carrots, Sissone, Picardy, France, June

Mark Carwardine / A cloud of Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) flying around daytime roost with others still hanging from branches, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Mark Carwardine / Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) flying over daytime roost Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of vineyards and fruit trees edged with Italian poplar trees, introduced to the Camargue during the 19th century and planted for protection against the wind, near Arles, Camargue, Southern...

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of fruit trees covered with nets and poplar trees planted to protect them against the wind, Camargue, Southern France, May 2009

Juergen Freund / Moromaho Island is home to thousands of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera). Twice a year farmers come to this island to harvest copra, the meat of the coconut, which is the source of coconut oil. Wakatobi...

Daniel Heuclin / Aesculapian snake (Elaphe longissima) coiled in branch of apple tree, with fruit hanging below, Poitou France, Europe. Controlled conditions.

Aflo / N-17104 Cherry blossom at sunrise {Prunus sp} Japan.

Laurie Campbell / Yew berries (Taxus baccata) Berwickshire, Scotland, September

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} looking up at the ripening dates, Muscat, Oman

Nick Garbutt / Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) climbing tree for fruit, Satpura National Park, India

Nick Garbutt / Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) climbing tree for fruit, Satpura National Park, India

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) fruits, Meteora, Greece, October 2008

Tim Laman / Various seeds of rainforest trees regurgitated by Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis). Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Cherry trees in blossom in spring, Trevelez, La Alpujarra, Sierra Nevada, Andulacia, Spain

Juergen Freund / Lychee tree {Litchi chinensis} protected from birds with nets, Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Lychee plantation {Litchi chinensis} protected from birds with nets, Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fruits of {Clusia sp} tree, Venezuela

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fruits of Munguba tree {Pseudobombax munguba} flooded forest, varzea, Brazil

Jason Smalley / Crab apple tree {Malus sylvestris} Silverdale, Lancashire, UK

Elio Della Ferrera / Figs ripening on Fig tree {Ficus sp} Assam, North East India, Indian Subcontinent

TOM MANGELSEN / Bohemian waxwings eating berries (Bombycilla garrulus) Montana

Mark Payne-Gill / Red admiral butterfly feeding on ripe pears {Vanessa atalanta} England, UK, Europe

Mark Moffett / Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) tree with corns and leaves at base of it, Massachusetts

Michael Pitts / Barebacked fruit bats {Dobsonia sp} flying from Ormoru sink hole, Papua New Guinea

Juergen Freund / Coconut floating on water, Indo-pacific. Split-level. Dispersal of seed.

Colin Varndell / Apple trees in blossom with Bluebells, UK

David Noton / Coconut on beach at Pigeon Point, Tobago

Mike Wilkes / Fieldfare eating hawthorn berry, autumn, England

Niall Benvie / Rowan berries {Sorbus aucuparia} Edzell, Angus ,Scotland

Mike Wilkes / Tree sparrow in Holly bush {Passer montanus} Worcestershire, England, UK

Nick Gordon / Yellow ridged toucan eating acai palm fruit. Amazonia, Brazil South America

Nigel Cattlin / Plantation of young trees including Wild cherry (Prunus avium) and Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) with tree guards, trees to be used in woodland. Berkshire, England, UK. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Apples (Malus domestica) with scab caused by Ascomycetes fungus (Venturia inaequalis). Berkshire, England, UK. September.

Nigel Cattlin / Peach (Prunus persica) tree sapling, roots and stem growing from stone, above and below ground.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) buds swelling prior to leaves and flowers emerging in spring. Berkshire, England, UK. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) fruits infected with Brown rot (Monilinia spp.). Berkshire, England, UK. September.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) fruits with damage scars caused by European apple sawfly (Holocampa testudinea) feeding early in fruit development. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) bud burst, flower buds opening surrounded by fresh green leaves. Berkshire, England, UK. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) flower buds and fresh green leaves following bud burst, Berkshire, England, UK. April.

Phil Savoie / Tawny mining (Andrena fulva) on apple tree blossom (Malus domestica), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), flowers, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April

Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera),feeding on Cherry blossom (Prunus sp.), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March

Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding on Cherry blossom (Prunus sp.), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June

Phil Savoie / Orange tailed mining bee (Halictus rubicundus) feeding on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.

Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena sp.) on Apple tree (Malus domestica) Ripon, Wisconsin, USA, May.

Phil Savoie / Orange tailed mining bee (Halictus rubicundus) male feeding on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.

Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena sp) feeding on Cherry blossom (Prunus sp), Ripon, Wisconsin, USA, May.

Phil Savoie / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), queen feeding on Cherry blossom (Prunus sp.), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June

Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena sp.) feeding on flower of Peach tree (Prunus persica) Ripon, Wisconsin, May.

Phil Savoie / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.

Phil Savoie / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), queen feeding on Cherry blossom (Prunus sp.), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March

Phil Savoie / Yellow legged mining bee (Andrena flavipes) feeding on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.

Nick Upton / Prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) bush, berries ripening. In garrigue / maquis scrubland, Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June 2018.

Nigel Cattlin / Red spider mite (Panonychus ulmi) webbing on young Apple (Malus domestica) branch, damage to leaves.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), hanging entangled in bared-wire that surrounds a factory which also had fruit trees. Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Nigel Cattlin / Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) caterpillar exit hole on Apple (Malus domestica) fruit.

Nigel Cattlin / European red mite (Panonychus ulmi) eggs overwintering on Apple (Malus domestica) wood.

Nigel Cattlin / European red mite (Panonychus ulmi) eggs overwintering on Apple (Malus domestica) wood.

Nigel Cattlin / Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua) moth caterpillar on Apple (Malus domestica) leaf. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Winter moth (Operophtera brumata) caterpillar and young damaged Apple (Malus domestica) leaf. Caterpillar a serious pest in apple orchards. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) leaf bud with damage caused by developing Winter moth (Operophtera brumata) caterpillar. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Vapourer moth (Orgyia antiqua) wingless female, a minor pest of Apple (Malus domestica). England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / European red mite (Panonychus ulmi) eggs overwintering on Apple (Malus domestica) wood.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) tree leaves with interveinal chlorosis, symptom of iron deficiency.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple sucker (Cacopsylla mali) nymph, an orchard pest, on Apple (Malus domestica) leaf. Photomicrograph.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple sawfly (Hoplocampa testudinea) larva inside damaged Apple (Malus domestica) fruit, in cross section.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple (Malus domestica) branch with fruits and leaves. Leaves exhibiting interveinal chlorosis, symptom of iron deficiency.

Nigel Cattlin / Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) caterpillar exit hole on young Apple (Malus domestica) fruit.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple sucker (Cacopsylla mali) nymph, an orchard pest, on Apple (Malus domestica) leaf. Photomicrograph.

Ernie Janes / 'Lady Henniker' apple tree blossom (Malus domestica) Thornham Hall, Suffolk, England, UK.

Nick Upton / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) eating Crab apple (Malus sylvestris) it has just picked, Wiltshire garden, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) reaching for Crab apple (Malus sylvestris) to eat, Wiltshire garden, UK, December.

Mike Read / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) flowers. Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. April.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of rows of Peach trees (Prunus persica) in flower, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. March 2018.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of rwos of Peach trees (Prunus persica) in flower, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. March 2018.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of rows of Peach trees (Prunus persica) in flower, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. March 2018.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of rows of Peach trees (Prunus persica) in flower, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. March 2018.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of fields of Peach trees (Prunus persica) in flower, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Peach trees (Prunus persica) in flower, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. March 2018.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of rwos of Peach trees (Prunus persica) in flower, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. March 2018.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Aerial view of rwos Peach trees (Prunus persica) in flower beside river, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Close up of Peach tree (Prunus persica) blossom, Fruiturisme Tourism Experience, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of fruiting Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) at night, lit by the moon, the glow of bushfires can be seen in the clouds, Wyndham, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016.