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Brown Bee Orchid (Ophrys iricolor) flower mimics female bee with male solitary bee engaged in pseudocopulation, Sardinia, Italy - Christian Ziegler

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00462944 Brown Bee Orchid (Ophrys iricolor) flower mimics female bee with male solitary bee engaged in pseudocopulation, Sardinia, Italy© Christian Ziegler

Painted nomad bee (Nomada fucata) male bee with characteristic green eyes, sleeping with jaws locked around grass stem, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June

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90822686 Painted nomad bee (Nomada fucata) male bee with characteristic green eyes, sleeping with jaws locked around grass stem, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June© Phil Savoie

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90822685 Grey patched mining bee (Andrena nitida),male feeding rambling rose flower (Rosa sp) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April© Phil Savoie

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90822683 Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida) feeding on Dandelion (Taraxacum offinicale) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April© Phil Savoie

Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) and nest on tree trunk. North Moluccas, Indonesia.T his is the only photo that is known to exist of this species (the world's largest bee) in the wild, in situ, a...

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90821799 Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) and nest on tree trunk. North Moluccas, Indonesia.T his is the only photo that is known to exist of this species (the world's largest bee) in the wild, in situ, a...© Clay Bolt

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90821798 Blue-banded bee (Amegilla sp) males sleeping on stem. Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia.© Clay Bolt

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90816173 Smeathman's furrow bee (Lasioglossum smeathmanellum) feeding on Wallflower (Erysimum sp.) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.© Phil Savoie

Entomologist and bee expert Eli Wyman with the first rediscovered individual of Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) Mollucas, Indonesia. January 2019

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90803924 Entomologist and bee expert Eli Wyman with the first rediscovered individual of Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) Mollucas, Indonesia. January 2019© Clay Bolt

Entomologist examining a large female Megachile bee during the hunt to rediscover Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) on the island of Ternate, North Moluccas, Indonesia. January 2019

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90803918 Entomologist examining a large female Megachile bee during the hunt to rediscover Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) on the island of Ternate, North Moluccas, Indonesia. January 2019© 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...

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90803915 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...© Clay Bolt

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90857062 Orchid bee (Euglossa imperialis) male in flight, close up. Golfito, Costa Rica.©

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90857061 Orchid bee (Euglossa imperialis) male in flight, close up. Golfito, Costa Rica.©

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90857060 Orchid bee (Euglossa imperialis) male in flight, close up. Golfito, Costa Rica.©

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90857059 Orchid bee (Euglossa imperialis) male in flight. Golfito, Costa Rica.©

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90856156 Coast leafcutter bee (Megachile maritima) entering its burrow in coastal sand dunes, Dorset, UK, August.©

Rufescent sharp-tailed bee (Coelioxys rufescens) entering the nest burrow of a Green-eyed flower bee (Anthophora bimacuata) a host species for its larvae, in a sandy bank on heathland, Dorset, UK, Jul...

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90856110 Rufescent sharp-tailed bee (Coelioxys rufescens) entering the nest burrow of a Green-eyed flower bee (Anthophora bimacuata) a host species for its larvae, in a sandy bank on heathland, Dorset, UK, Jul...©

Rufescent sharp-tailed bee (Coelioxys rufescens) resting on a sandy bank near a colony of Green-eyed flower bees (Anthophora bimacuata) a host species for its larvae, Dorset heathland, UK, July.

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90856109 Rufescent sharp-tailed bee (Coelioxys rufescens) resting on a sandy bank near a colony of Green-eyed flower bees (Anthophora bimacuata) a host species for its larvae, Dorset heathland, UK, July.©

Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) visiting a Sea bindweed (Calystegia soldanella) flower on coastal dunes, it's typical habitat, Dorset, UK, June.

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90856108 Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) visiting a Sea bindweed (Calystegia soldanella) flower on coastal dunes, it's typical habitat, Dorset, UK, June.©

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90855765 Red mason bee (Osmia rufa) mating, two males on top of female, UK©

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90855764 Red mason bee (Osmia rufa) mating, two males on top of female, UK©

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90853077 Mason bees (Osmia bicornis) mating on leaf, garden, Bristol, UK, April.©

Painted cuckoo bee / Nomad bee (Nomada fucata) a parasite of solitary bees, hunting for nests of its host species, the Yellow-legged mining bee (Andrena flavipes), Wiltshire field margin, UK, April

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90852893 Painted cuckoo bee / Nomad bee (Nomada fucata) a parasite of solitary bees, hunting for nests of its host species, the Yellow-legged mining bee (Andrena flavipes), Wiltshire field margin, UK, April©

Painted cuckoo bee / Nomad bee (Nomada fucata) a parasite of solitary bees, emerging from the nest burrow of its host species, the Yellow-legged mining bee (Andrena flavipes), Wiltshire field margin,...

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90852892 Painted cuckoo bee / Nomad bee (Nomada fucata) a parasite of solitary bees, emerging from the nest burrow of its host species, the Yellow-legged mining bee (Andrena flavipes), Wiltshire field margin,...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) taking off from her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and northeast Somerset, UK, May. The bee provisions t...

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90852885 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) taking off from her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and northeast Somerset, UK, May. The bee provisions t...©

Pile of small sticks and dried leaves arranged by a Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) to camouflage her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and...

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90852884 Pile of small sticks and dried leaves arranged by a Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) to camouflage her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and...©

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90852883 Pile of small sticks and dried leaves arranged by a Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) to camouflage her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) nectaring from a Birdsfoot trefoil flower (Lotus corniculatus) on a chalk grassland slope, Wiltshire, UK, May.

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90852882 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) nectaring from a Birdsfoot trefoil flower (Lotus corniculatus) on a chalk grassland slope, Wiltshire, UK, May.©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) landing at her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with a small stone to help seal it with on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and northeast Some...

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90852881 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) landing at her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with a small stone to help seal it with on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and northeast Some...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a stick to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope,...

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90852880 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a stick to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope,...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a long, dried plant stem to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk...

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90852879 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a long, dried plant stem to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a dried grass leaf to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grass...

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90852878 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying in with a dried grass leaf to add to a growing pile of vegetation camouflaging her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grass...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying to her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with a chewed up leaf to seal a brood cell with after provisioning it with balls of pollen a...

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90852877 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying to her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with a chewed up leaf to seal a brood cell with after provisioning it with balls of pollen a...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying to her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with some dried vegetation to begin camouflaging it with on a chalk grassland slope, Bath an...

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90852876 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) flying to her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with some dried vegetation to begin camouflaging it with on a chalk grassland slope, Bath an...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) entering her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with a chewed up leaf to seal a brood cell with after provisioning it with balls of pollen an...

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90852875 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) entering her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell with a chewed up leaf to seal a brood cell with after provisioning it with balls of pollen an...©

Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) entering her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and northeast Somerset, UK, May. The bee provisions the snai...

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90852874 Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) entering her nest in a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell on a chalk grassland slope, Bath and northeast Somerset, UK, May. The bee provisions the snai...©

Common furrow bee / Slender mining bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) with full pollen baskets approaching her nest burrow in an arable field margin, Wiltshire, UK, April.

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90852867 Common furrow bee / Slender mining bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) with full pollen baskets approaching her nest burrow in an arable field margin, Wiltshire, UK, April.©

Common furrow bee / Slender mining bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) with full pollen baskets entering her nest burrow in an arable field margin, Wiltshire, UK, April.

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90852866 Common furrow bee / Slender mining bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) with full pollen baskets entering her nest burrow in an arable field margin, Wiltshire, UK, April.©

Blue mason bee (Osmia caerulescens / Apis caerulescens) entering nest in hollow bamboo stem at insect hotel for solitary bees, Belgium. March.

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90852020 Blue mason bee (Osmia caerulescens / Apis caerulescens) entering nest in hollow bamboo stem at insect hotel for solitary bees, Belgium. March.©

Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) nesting at insect hotel, France, March.

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Bees including Bumblebee (Bombus), Mason bee (Osmia) and Honeybee (Apis), pinned specimens in collection of Entomological Society Krefeld. Germany 2018.

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90849870 Bees including Bumblebee (Bombus), Mason bee (Osmia) and Honeybee (Apis), pinned specimens in collection of Entomological Society Krefeld. Germany 2018.©

Orchid (Ophrys ferrum-equinum) flower and a male Longhorn Bee (Eucera sp.) pollinator, Peania, Greece, April.

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Leaf-cutter bee (Megachile maritima) female feeding on Everlasting sweet pea (Lathyrus latifolius). Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.

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90842982 Leaf-cutter bee (Megachile maritima) female feeding on Everlasting sweet pea (Lathyrus latifolius). Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.©

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90842979 Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) male feeding on Ivy (Hedera helix). Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. October.©

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90842978 Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) female feeding on Ivy (Hedera helix) blossom. Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. October.©

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90841540 Orchid bee (Euglossa intersecta) feeding on bromeliad flower, rainforest near Manaus, Amazon Basin, Brazil.© Konrad Wothe

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90841539 Orchid bee (Euglossa intersecta) feeding on bromeliad flower, rainforest near Manaus, Amazon Basin, Brazil.© Konrad Wothe

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90840847 Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor) female infested with Hairy-Footed Mites (Chaetodactylus krombeini).© Mark Taylor

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90840846 Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor) female infested with Hairy-Footed Mites (Chaetodactylus krombeini).© Mark Taylor

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90840845 Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor) female infested with Hairy-Footed Mites (Chaetodactylus krombeini).© Mark Taylor

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90840844 Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor) infested with female Hairy-Footed Mites (Chaetodactylus krombeini).© Mark Taylor

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