Juan Carlos Munoz / Honeybee (Apis melifera) visiting Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) in lavender fields, Valensole Plateau, Alpes Haute Provence, France, July.

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

David Woodfall / Buff tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) on Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris) North Wales, UK, July.

John Waters / Ancient ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior), Oxwich Bay Nature Reserve, Gower Peninsula, Wales, UK, October.

Alex Hyde / Ash tree leaves (Fraxinus excelsior) photographed in mobile field studio against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) growing in a field. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

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 / Figwort (Scrophularia nodosa) beside Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford, Berkshire, England. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Knapweed broomrape (Orobanche elatior) flower spike in grassland. Disused chalk pit nature reserve, Berkshire, England, UK. June

Nigel Cattlin / Antirrhinum or snapdragon rust (Puccinia antirrhini) pustules in a circular lesion on the underside of Snapdragon (Antirrhinum sp) leaf, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Antirrhinum rust (Puccinia antirrhini) with pustules on underside of Snapdragon (Antirrhinum sp) leaf. Cultivated in garden, Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Phil Savoie / Smeathman's furrow bee (Lasioglossum smeathmanellum) visiting Purple Toadflax (Linaria purpurea). At 4.5 mm average size, this is one of the smallest bees in the UK, Monmouthshire Wales, July.