Clay Bolt / Composite image of Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) with European honey bee (Apis melifera). This is the world's largest bee, which is approximately 4 times larger than a European honey bee. One...

Dong Lei / Himalayan honeybee (Apis laboriosa) Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet, China. October.

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

Clay Bolt / Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) is the world's largest bee, which is approximately 4 times larger than a European honey bee. One of the first images of a living member of this species. Mollucas,...

Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying to Giant harebell (Campanula latifolia) flower, Pentwyn farm SSSI, Gwent Wildlife Trust, Reserve, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.

Phil Savoie / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying to Giant harebell (Campanula latifolia), Pentwyn farm SSSI, Gwent Wildlife Trust, Reserve, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.

Christophe Courteau / Giant honey bee nest (Apis dorsata) up in a giant Mengaris tree (Koompassia excelsa) dipterocarp forest in Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Dong Lei / Himalayan honey bees (Apis dorsata laboriosa) on comb, Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China. October.

Axel Gomille / Giant honey bee nest (Apis dorsata), Karnataka, India

MYN / Alfonso Lario / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on flowers of Giant orchid (Himantoglossum / Barlia robertiana) urban, Alicante, Spain, January. meetyourneighbours.net project

Tim Laman / Comb / nest of the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Comb / nest of the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006