Willem Kolvoort / Water filled ditch with shadow of a tree on water with Fringed waterlily (Nymphoides peltata) Star duckweed (Lemna trisulca) Netherlands. July 2015. Commended in the Underwater World Category of the G...

Andres M. Dominguez / Blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Soy beans (Glycine max) against white background

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Spring beans (Vicia faba) under cultivation at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May 2011.

Ernie Janes / Garden basket full of organic home grown vegatables from vegetable garden, Norfolk, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) seed in velvet lined pod, ripe and ready for harvest. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) seed in velvet lined pod, ripe and ready for harvest. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Jack Dykinga / Yellow paloverde (Cercidium microphyllum) flowering amongst Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea). In foothills on north side of Santa Catalina Mountains, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA. May 2019.

Yashpal Rathore / Workers stirring coffee beans in process called raking, to ensure uniformity of beans exposure to sun. Cemented yards ensure uniform and quick drying. Usually drying down of the cherry coffee takes ab...

Yashpal Rathore / Workers turning coffee beans in process called raking, to ensure uniformity of beans' exposure to sun. Cement drying yards ensure uniform and quick drying. Usually drying takes about 10-12 days. C...

Ernie Janes / Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) pod opened showing cacao beans.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) lying down on coffee shop counter. Many civets are drugged to sleep quietly and not escape. Coffee beans are fed to civets, ferment in the gut, excreted a...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Coffee shop with Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) on counter. Many civets are drugged to sleep quietly and not escape. Coffee beans are fed to civets, ferment in the gut, excreted and use...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Coffee shop with Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) on counter. Many civets are drugged to sleep quietly and not escape. Coffee beans are fed to civets, ferment in the gut, excreted and use...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Aerial view of Clashach Cove surrounded by flowering Gorse (Ulex europaeus) Hopeman, Scotland, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Red runner bean flowers 'Scarlet Emperor' in rain shower in vegetable garden.

Matthew Maran / Chickpeas on white background.

Matthew Maran / Split chickpeas on white background.

Ashley Cooper / United Nations World Food Program food distribution tent at Chiteskesa refugee camp, near Mulanje. Taken after flooding in Malawi, March 2015.

Ashley Cooper / People displaced by flooding at Chiteskesa refugee camp, cooking on a fuel efficient stove. near Mulanje, Malawi. March 2015.

John Cancalosi / Girl winnowing beans, Kenya, August 2017.

Ernie Janes / French bean, Borlotti Lingua Di Fuoco, ripe pods in autumn. August 2017.

Ernie Janes / Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) seeds ready for planting. England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) seeds ready for planting. England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) seedling ready to be planted in garden. Norfolk, England, UK. May.

Ernie Janes / Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) seedling ready to be planted out in garden. Norfolk, England, UK. May.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) tool for turning naturally drying beans, Ilheus, Brazil.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) workers on cocoa farm with tools turning naturally drying beans, Ilheus, Brazil, December.

Ingo Arndt / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) beans drying naturally, Ilheus, Brazil, December.

Jen Guyton / Woman shelling green beans outside of her house in Mossuril, northern Mozambique. June 2011

Ingo Arndt / Whistling thorn tree (Acacia drepanolobium) in open Savanna Grassland under storm clouds, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri), adult male feeding on Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) flowers growing with Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis), Hill Country, Texas, USA. April

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

Nick Upton / Short-haired bumblebee queen (Bombus subterraneus) collected in Sweden being released onto Birdsfoot trefoil flowers (Lotus corniculatus) during a UK reintroduction project run by the Bumblebee Conser...

Nick Upton / Six spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) taking off after nectaring on Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) in a perennial wildflower meadow planted around university Halls of Residence by Bristo...

Chris Mattison / Spider webs covered in dew, on a flowering Gorse bush, Peak District National Park, UK October

Ernie Janes / Runner beans gathered from garden vegetable patch.

Ernie Janes / Runner beans gathered from garden vegetable patch.

Cyril Ruoso / Vegetables originating from South America that have successfully acclimatized in Europe: aubergine, beans, courgette / zuchini, maize, red pepper, potato, squash and tomato

Wim van den Heever / Umbrella Thorn tree (Vachellia tortilis) at night with campsite below and stars above, Lake Ndutu Tanzania

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) beans and sign, Puerto Jimenez, The Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. November 2014.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production from cocoa beans. Showing ground cocoa paste, Puerto Jimenez, The Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production from cocoa beans. Showing cocoa beans with skin, toasted and ground cocoa paste, Puerto Jimenez, The Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.

Pete Oxford / Beans for sale in market, Upper Subansiri District. Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pascal Pittorino / Vegetables growing in rows in an organic garden, Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), Var, Provence, France, June.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) on white background.

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) on white background.

David Woodfall / Honeybees hives in garden with runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) growing behind, Usk, Gwent, Wales, UK. August.

David Woodfall / Beekeeper looking at honeybees (Apis melifera) on frame in allotments with Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus) Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK. August 2014.

David Woodfall / Beekeeper looking at honeybees (Apis melifera) on frame in allotments with Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus) Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK. August 2014.

David Woodfall / Beekeeper looking at honeybees (Apis melifera) on frame in allotments with Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus) Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK. August 2014.

David Woodfall / Allotments with runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus), pollinated by bees, Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK. August.

David Woodfall / Couple having meal in allotments surrounded by bee pollinated plants such as beans, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK, September 2014.

David Woodfall / Member of Gwent beekeepers in protective suit in garden with runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) with line of wildflowers along side to attract bees, Llantarnam Abbey Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK. Septemb...

David Woodfall / Member of Gwent beekeepers in protective suit in garden with runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) with line of wildflowers along side to attract bees, Llantarnam Abbey Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK. Septemb...

David Woodfall / Runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) with line of wildflowers along side to attract bees, Llantarnam Abbey Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK. September.

David Woodfall / Runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) with line of wildflowers along side to attract bees, Llantarnam Abbey Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK. September.

Stephen Dalton / Close up abstract view of roasted coffee beans (Coffea sp), UK.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of a roasted coffee bean (Coffea sp), UK.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Parchment Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans drying on trays outside, after the beans have been pulped, fermented and washed. The outer husk (parchment) is removed at the coffee mills. Commercial farm, Tan...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans roasting over a fire, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman harvesting baby Corn (Zea mays) on commercial farm, field of green beans and Mount Meru visible beyond. Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans roasting over a fire, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman carrying harvested Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in a bucket on her head. Commercial bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans drying on trays outside after fermentation, washing and sorting. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman weeding in a field of Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial farm. The woman wears traditional clothing, a 'kitenge', wrapped around her. Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Dried parchment Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans, woman removing discoloured beans. Commercial coffee farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Man collecting Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans after they have been washed, the mucilage (viscous substance) removed, the beans fermented and the light and heavy beans separated. Commercial coffee farm,...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans washed to remove the mucilage (viscous substance) after fermentation. Commercial coffee farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Man washing Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans to remove the mucilage (viscous substance) after fermentation. Commercial coffee farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women in field harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on a commercial farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. November 2012.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Light Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans sorted from heavy beans. Commercial coffee farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans pouring into fermentation tank. Commercial coffee farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans pouring into fermentation tank. Commercial coffee farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women taking harvested Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) to be weighed. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Commercial green bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman taking bucket of harvested Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) to be weighed. Commercial green bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman weighing bucket of harvested Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Commercial green bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial bean farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial bean farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial bean farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial bean farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Pivot irrigation on a field of Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), the lower slopes of Mount Meru and a field of maize visible beyond. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2012.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Abyssian ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) foraging in a field of beans. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman packing Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on a commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Workers pouring and weighing Coffee (Coffea arabica) beans, Commercial coffee farm, Tanzania, East Africa. Model released

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Two Grey crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) foraging in a field of beans near a farm worker spraying insecticide. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Farm worker spraying insecticide on a field of Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Commercial bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Farm worker spraying insecticide on a field of Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Commercial bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Farm worker spraying insecticide on a field of Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Commercial bean farm, Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women harvesting Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial bean farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women weeding in a Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) field on a commercial farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman weeding in a Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) field on a commercial farm. Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women weeding in a Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) field on a commercial farm. Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.