Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) landing in a Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower, Germany, June.

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

Ammonite / Close-up of Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) repairing a wax cell containing eggs inside nest, France, May.

Ammonite / Close-up of Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) repairing a wax cell containing eggs inside nest, France, May.

Ammonite / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) removing pollen baskets from back legs into a wax honey pot in nest, France, May.

Ammonite / Tracking shot into the entrance of a Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) nest, showing larvae in wax cells, France, May.

Ammonite / Tracking shot towards Buff-tailed bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) inside nest, France, May.

Ammonite / Close-up of Buff-tailed bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) inside nest feeding on honey from wax honey pots, France, May.

Ammonite / Close-up of Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) nest building, France, May.

Ammonite / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) nest building, France, May.

Ammonite / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) nest building, France, May.

Ammonite / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) in nest, with mites on its body, France, May.