Kim Taylor / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen surrounded by workers as she lays an egg in a cell at the edge of the comb, UK
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John B Free / Honey bees around Queen bee cell containing larva.
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Ashley Cooper / Bees (Apis mellifera) around a queen cell in a beehive which has been infected with Varoa mites (Varroa destructor) Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK, June.
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Ashley Cooper / Bee (Apis mellifera) with deformed wings as a result of attack by Varoa mites (Varroa destructor) in beehive, Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK, June.
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Ashley Cooper / Apistan used to combat the Varoa mite in bee hives, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, UK. June 2009.
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Simon Colmer / Beekeeper removing a queen cell from Honey bee frame (Apis mellifera) Sussex, UK
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Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on brood cell of queen, with queen inside the cell, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany
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John B Free / Honey bee female larva (Apis mellifera) being removed from cell in hive for growing on as Queen bee, UK
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John B Free / Queen Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) emerging from cell. UK
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John B Free / Honey bees around Queen cell containing larvae (Apis mellifera) UK
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Kim Taylor / Tree wasp queen sleeping in partially constructed nest, egg in cell. UK.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker bees building a queen brood cell (early stage of construction) inside a nest cavity, Germany. August.
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Ingo Arndt / Close up of a Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen hatching out of a brood cell, Germany. May. Sequence 4 of 7
