Colin Varndell / Apple trees in blossom with Bluebells, UK

Phil Savoie / Tawny mining (Andrena fulva) on apple tree blossom (Malus domestica), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena sp.) on Apple tree (Malus domestica) Ripon, Wisconsin, USA, May.

Nigel Cattlin / Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) caterpillar exit hole on Apple (Malus domestica) fruit.

Nigel Cattlin / Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) caterpillar exit hole on young Apple (Malus domestica) fruit.

Ernie Janes / 'Lady Henniker' apple tree blossom (Malus domestica) Thornham Hall, Suffolk, England, UK.

Nick Upton / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding on Crab apple (Malus sylvestris), Wiltshire garden, UK, November.

Nick Upton / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) eating Crab apple (Malus sylvestris) it has just picked, Wiltshire garden, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) reaching for Crab apple (Malus sylvestris) to eat, Wiltshire garden, UK, December.

Alan Williams / Mistletoe (Viscum album) growing on Apple tree (Malus domestica) in orchard Cheshire, England, UK, August.

Alan Williams / Apple (Malus domestica) blossom variety 'Arthur W. Barnes' in orchard, Cheshire, UK, May

Alan Williams / Apple (Malus domestica) blossom variety 'Egremont Russet' in orchard, Cheshire, UK, May