Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and bees at Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China. May

Nick Upton / Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and other wild flowers carpeting waste ground once used as a dump and cleared of scrub to improve habitat for bees and other pollinators for Buglife's B-Lines pr...

David Woodfall / Wildflowers including Wild carrot (Daucus carota) and Ox eye daisies (Chrysanthemun leucanthemum) planted to benefit bees and other insects as part of the Friends of the Earth 'Bee Friendly' campaign....

David Woodfall / Wildflowers including Wild carrot (Daucus carota) and Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) planted in community green space to attract bees. Part of collaboration between Bron Afon community Housing Trust a...

David Woodfall / Wildflowers including Wild carrot (Daucus carota), Poppies (Papaver sp) and Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) planted in community green space to attract bees. Part of a collaboration between Bron Afon c...

David Woodfall / Group of Primary school children looking at native wild flowers including Red Campion (Silene dioica) planted in school garden to attract bees. Part of the Friends of the Earth national 'Bee Friendly'...

David Woodfall / Young girl looking at native wild flowers planted in school garden to attract bees. Part of the Friends of the Earth national 'Bee Friendly' campaign,South Wales,UK, July 2014. MRDELETE

Kim Taylor / Group of people looking at the wild flowers and bees at 'Bee World' at Bishop's Meadow, Farnham. Surrey, England, UK, July 2014. Bee Worlds is an initiative of Friends of the Earth.

Kim Taylor / Mother and daughter observing bees in wild flowers at 'Bee World', Bishop's Meadow, Farnham. Surrey, England, UK, July 2014. Model released. Bee Worlds is an initiative of Friends of the Earth.

Mark Taylor / Mother and daughter observing bees in wild flowers at 'Bee World', Bishop's Meadow, Farnham. Surrey, England, UK, July 2014. Model released. Bee Worlds is an initiative of Friends of the Earth.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Eggs of drone honey bees (Apis melifera) on honey comb frame of hive, next to forest Valea Fagilor close to Macin Mountains National Park, Romania, June.

Konrad Wothe / small wild bees building nest in the rainforest at Tambopata river, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America.