Franco Banfi / Freediver swimming among pod of Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in shallow sandy lagoon, Marsa Alam, Egypt, Red Sea. Model released.

Phil Savoie / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), feeding form Biting stonecrop (Sedum acre) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May

Phil Savoie / Heath bumblebee (Bombus jonellus) feeding on Goldenrod (Solidago sp.), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. September.

Phil Savoie / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) feeding from Biting stonecrop (Sedum acre) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Alan Williams / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nectaring on Common blanket flower (Gaillardia aristata) in garden. Cheshire, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) in Squash (Cucurbita sp) flower, covered in pollen. Surrey, England, UK. September.

Heather Angel / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) nectaring on Indian horse chestnut flower (Aesculus indica). Yellow spots on banner petals turn pink as nectar resource declines. Orange pollen is pick ed up on wings and thorax...

Heather Angel / Great yellow bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) nectaring on Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria). RSPB Balranald Nature Reserve, North Uist; Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) picking up pollen strings in Large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana). Flowers remains open on cool mornings allowing diurnal species to nectar....

David Woodfall / Greater yellow bumblebee (Bombus distenguendus) endemic bee flying from red clover on Machair, Berneray, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July.

Phil Savoie / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), feeding on Dandelion (Taraxacum offinicale) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May

Phil Savoie / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) visiting Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), newly emerged male with characteristic yellow collar and lack of stinger. Standing on human finger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), newly emerged male with characteristic yellow collar and lack of stinger. Standing on human finger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), newly emerged male with characteristic yellow collar and lack of stinger. Standing on human finger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Steve Downer / Bumblebee (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

Steve Downer / Close up of Bumblebees (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

Steve Downer / Bumblebee (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

Steve Downer / Close up of Bumblebee (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

Steve Downer / Bumblebees (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

Steve Downer / Bumblebee (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

Steve Downer / Bumblebees (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

Steve Downer / Bumblebees (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

Steve Downer / Bumblebees (Bombus) collecting nectar from a Sunflower (Helianthus), Warwickshire, England, UK. August

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) nectaring on a Dandelion flower, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, May.

Andy Sands / Conopid fly (Sicus ferrugineus) parasitic fly whose larvae are endoparasites on various species of Bumblebee, Oxfordshire, England, UK, June

Rod Williams / Tree bumble bee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK July

Rod Williams / Tree bumble bee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK July

Nick Upton / Alex Campbell watching a Short-haired bumblebee queen (Bombus subterraneus) collected in Sweden that she has just released during a UK reintroduction project run by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust /...

Nick Upton / Short-haired bumblebee queen (Bombus subterraneus) collected in Sweden nectaring on Birdsfoot trefoil flowers (Lotus corniculatus) with its long tongue after release during a UK reintroduction project...

Nick Upton / Teresa Sinclair watching a Short-haired bumblebee queen (Bombus subterraneus) nectaring on Yellow flag iris flowers (Iris pseudacorus) after releasing it during a UK reintroduction project run by the...

Nick Upton / Short-haired bumblebee queen (Bombus subterraneus) collected in Sweden nectaring on a Yellow flag iris flower (Iris pseudacorus) with its long tongue after release during a UK reintroduction project r...

Nick Upton / Short-haired bumblebee queen (Bombus subterraneus) collected in Sweden necataring on Birdsfoot trefoil flowers (Lotus corniculatus) with its long tongue after release during a UK reintroduction projec...

Nick Upton / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) flying to a Birdsfoot trefoil flower (Lotus corniculatus), RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve, Kent, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) flies to Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) in a perennial wildflower meadow planted around university Halls of Residence by Bristol University's Urban Pol...

Alex Hyde / Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) worker feeding on Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Vestal cuckoo bee (Bombus vestalis) on flower, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, UK, August.

Chris Shields / Illustration of Great yellow bumblebee / Bumble bee (Bombus distinguendus),.

Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) male, in flight approaching Pink catmint flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) male, in flight approaching Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Phil Savoie / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nectaring on Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Phil Savoie / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nectaring on Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Phil Savoie / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nectaring on flower (Dahlia sp.), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Phil Savoie / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nectaring on flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Phil Savoie / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nectaring on flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Ashley Cooper / Shetland bumblebee (Bombus muscorum agricolae) nectaring on Clover (Trifolium sp.) and Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), Skeld, Shetland, Scotland, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Shrill carder bee (Bombus sylvarum) nectaring on Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus major) flowers on permanent coastal sand dune grassland, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. June.

Terry Whittaker / Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) enters frame and feeds on nectar from flag iris (Iris Pseudocorus) before leaving frame, Greater Manchester, June.

Terry Whittaker / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) feeding on nectar from flag iris (Iris Pseudocorus) before leaving frame, Greater Manchester, June.

Terry Whittaker / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) flies to Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) flower and feeds on nectar from before leaving frame, Greater Manchester, September.

Phil Savoie / Early Bumblebee (Bombus partorum), male bee with characteristic yellow face, harvesting Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia), aka Blue Tansy, Purple Tansy, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, native pollinato...

Nick Upton / Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) nectaring on Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) flowers in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nigel Cattlin / Turkish sage (Phlomis russeliana) with a whorl of yellow hooded flowers being visited by a bumble bee, Berkshire, England, UK, June

Nick Upton / Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) nectaring on a Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) flower in a garden, Wiltshire, UK, April