Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen from the flower of an apple tree, Germany

Russell Cooper / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding from Lavender (Lavandula) flowers, Mayfield Lavender Farm, North Downs, Surrey, UK, July

Chris O'Reilly / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) mature, fruiting bodies on a fallen tree with person walking, Mixed woodland, Autumn, Derbyshire, UK, October

Stephen Dalton / Honeybees (Apis mellifera) on new frame in beehive, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying to Ceanothus flowers, UK. Controlled conditions.

Stephen Dalton / Swarm of Honey bees (Apis mellifera) UK

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) taking off from Snapdragon flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) filling honey storage cells in hive, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) filling honey storage cells in the hive, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) working at comb, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) group of four drinking water, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} landing on alighting board of hive, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight over Ceanothus flowers, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) in flight, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on borage flower, UK

Mark Bowler / Close-up of Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on flower

Mark Bowler / Worker Honey bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen sac on back leg

Kim Taylor / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen surrounded by workers as she lays an egg in a cell at the edge of the comb, UK

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) swarm, Germany

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee {Apis mellifera} worker face portrait, Surrey, England.

Solvin Zankl / Honey dripping from nest of Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata binghami) that has been cut from tree before being squeezed to harvest wild honey, North Pamona sub-district, Sulawesi, Indonesia

John B Free / Honey bee queen cells and pupae (Apis mellifera) - cells opened to show pupae

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker visiting Rosebay flowers, Surrey, UK.

Kim Taylor / Honey bee [Apis mellifera] worker in flight - two bees in background

Kim Taylor / Rear view of Honey bee [Apis mellifera] worker in flight

Kim Taylor / Honey bee workers {Apis mellifera} flying towards flower, Digital composite, UK.

Rod Clarke / John Downer Produ / Alcohol drinkers - Honeybees enjoy a tipple of fermented sap of lime trees (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Martin Gabriel / European Honeybee Queen laying eggs surrounded by workers {Apis mellifera}

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} worker with full pollen sacs executing 'waggle dance' to indicate food source, UK

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee worker with full pollen sacs executing waggle dance, UK. {Apis mellifera}

Pete Oxford / Honey bees in hive {Apis mellifera} Ecuador.

Hans Christoph Kappel / Honey bee in flight {Apis mellifera} Europe

John B Free / Honey Bee stinging human (Apis mellifera)

TIM MARTIN / African (killer) honey bee (Apis mellifera). Costa Rica, Central America

John B Free / Honey bees around Queen bee cell containing larva.

Pete Oxford / Honey bees in hive {Apis mellifera} Ecuador

Kim Taylor / Ants (unidentified) feeding on spilt honey. UK.

Dario Novellino / Villagers with honeycomb, Palawan, Philippines

Philippe Clement / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) cluster growing on tree trunk in autumn forest, Belgium, October

Philippe Clement / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) cluster growing on tree trunk in autumn forest, Belgium, October

Ann & Steve Toon / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) in woodland, Northumberland National Park, UK, September.

Ann & Steve Toon / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) in woodland, Northumberland National Park, UK, September.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) an external parasitic mite that attacks honey bees.

Stephen Dalton / Cross section of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) larvae in cells, UK

Stephen Dalton / Eggs of Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in cells of comb, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) mycelium exposed under bark of host tree, UK

Stephen Dalton / Young Plane tree (Platanus sp) killed by Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (apis mellifera) on honey comb cells in hive, worker bees and one large drone bee, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) swarm swarming on fence post, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) swarm swarming on fence post, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) adult emerging from cell, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) adult emerging from pupa, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) larvae in cells fed on royal jelly, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) drone (stingless male bee) on human hand, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker bees fanning at hive entrance, UK

Stephen Dalton / European Honey bee (Aphis mellifera) collecting nectar from bean flower. England, UK

Stephen Dalton / Eggs of honeybee (Apis mellifera) in honeycomb, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on fruit tree blossom, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) flying towards camera over Crocus flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) taking off from Buddleia flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee workers (Apis mellifera) feeding from storage comb. UK

Doug Wechsler / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on Butterflyweed flower(Asclepias tuberosa) Pennsylvania, USA

Russell Cooper / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding onIvy flower (Hedera helix) South London, UK

Guy Edwardes / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, October

Andy Sands / Apiguard Gel, active ingredient thymol, a naturally occurring substance derived from thyme used to treat Honey bees (Apis mellifera) against varroa mite, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Andy Sands / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) workers at hive entrance, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Andy Sands / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) on frame in hive with capped and un-capped cells and two queen cells protruding from frame, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Andy Sands / Beekeeper using hive tool to dismantle hive ready to inspect Honey bees (Apis mellifera), Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Andy Sands / Beekeeper removing top from Hive ready to inspect Honey bees (Apis mellifera), Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Andy Sands / Beekeeper inspecting frame of Honey bees (Apis mellifera), Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Andy Sands / Beekeeper using smoker to subdue Honey bees (Apis mellifera) prior to inspection, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} worker putting honey in storage comb in hive, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} flying to apple blossom, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} flying towards Apple blossom, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} on Willowherb flower, UK

Laurie Campbell / Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) returning to bee hive, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, February

Russell Cooper / Flower / Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) feeding on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) London, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) in flight, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) flying from Knapweed flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) in flight, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} on allium flower, Cyprus

Stephen Dalton / Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea) on oak stump, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) on oak stump. Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} over Knapweed flowers, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} over Knapweed flowers, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} over Knapweed flowers, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Rear view of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) in flight, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) in flight, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) in flight amongst Rudbeckia flowers, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) in flight, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) flying amongst Rudbeckia flowers

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Western european honey bee {Apis mellifera} looking up at wild Honey bee nests in forest, India

Mark Bowler / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker with pollen sac on back leg

Mark Bowler / Close-up of Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on flower

Mark Bowler / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on Gebera flower