Nick Upton / Bumblee scarab beetle (Eulasia vittata) feeding from Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) flowers growing on the coast, with the sea in the background, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, June.

Nick Upton / Checkered / Bee beetle (Trichodes alvearius) foraging on Crown daisy (Chrysanthemum coronarium), Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.

Alex Hyde / Bee-wolf beetles (Trichodes apiarius) on Umbelliferae flowers. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps.

Alex Hyde / Bee-wolf beetles (Trichodes apiarius) on Umbelliferae flowers. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) female on Bertoloni's bee orchid (Ophrys bertolonii) Italy

Thomas Marent / Broad-bordered Bee Hawk Moth (Hemaris fuciformis) on flower, Switzerland

John Waters / Bee Beetle {Trichius fasciatus} feeding on flowers of Tansy {Chrysanthemum vulgare} next to a bumble bee which it is said to mimic, Norway,

John Waters / Bee Beetle {Trichius fasciatus} feeding on flowers of Tansy {Chrysanthemum vulgare}, Norway, Europe

Kerstin Hinze / Spanish fly / Blister Bee (Lytta vesicatoria) Bulgaria

PREMAPHOTOS / Bee beetle on Foxglove flower {Trichius fasciatus} England, UK

Claus Meyer / Sundew (Drosera binata) a carnivorous plant, with trapped bee in sticky leaves, Cerrado ecosystem, Brazil

Premaphotos / Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) feeding on flowers, UK

Premaphotos / Bee-wolf beetle (Trichodes apiarius) France