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Lifecycle - Honey Bee

115 images Created 8 Mar 2010

Lifecycle of Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, including eggs, ova, pupae, hatching, honey, flight, flying, queen, workers, hive, honeycomb
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, sting from bee in hand, showing stinging part and abdomen, bee dies after stinging.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive showing comb cells with honey, social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive showing comb cells with honey, social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing workers with stored pollen and honey, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, workers drinking honey, social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing worker putting honey in storage cells, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, worker bee with pollen sacks on legs, collecting pollen from yellow fleabane flower (pulicaria dysenterica), social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing large queen bee and workers touching her to get queen scent, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Bee Keeper tending Honey Bee Hive ( Apis mellifera), open hive with smoking canister, wearing protective head gear and gloves.United Kingdom....
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  • Bee Keeper tending Honey Bee Hive ( Apis mellifera), open hive with smoking canister, wearing protective head gear and gloves.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, close up of worker bees face, showing eyes, antennae and mouthparts, social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, workers fanning hive entrance,  social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, worker with abdomen raised showing nassenov or scent gland, for warning or attracting lost bees, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, workers at front of hive with abdomen raised showing nassenov or scent gland, for warning or attracting lost bees, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing pupae in brood cells, social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing ova or eggs in cells, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing ova or eggs in cells, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, worker hatching from cell, sequence, social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, worker hatching from cell, sequence, social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing swarm of workers tending cells, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing worker hatching emerging from cell, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey bee (Apis mellifera), mouthparts, microscopic, approx 4x lifesize, white background, cut out.United Kingdom....
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  • Bee Hives for honey bees in the branches of a tree, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Apis, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, insects, arthropod, native, hive, beehive, hives, beehives.Africa....
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  • Bee Hives for honey bees in the branches of a tree, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Apis, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, insects, arthropod, native, hive, beehive, hives, beehives.Africa....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, workers fanning hive entrance,  abdomen in air, flapping wings, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing workers on cells tending eggs and larvae, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, workers tending pollen cells, showing different colours of pollen, social, network.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing larvae and eggs in brood comb, and sealed cells with pupae inside, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, inside hive, showing larvae and eggs in brood comb, and sealed cells with pupae inside, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, in flight, flying over purple flowers, high speed photographic technique, with pollen baskets attached to legs.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, in flight, flying over yellow fleabane flowers, high speed photographic technique, with pollen baskets attached to legs.United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, worker inside hive repairing broken comb, close up showing tongue and mouth parts, social, network, .United Kingdom....
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  • Honey Bee Hive ( Apis mellifera), in surrounding woodland, wide angle, worker bees coming out of entrance.United Kingdom.Nature.Wildlife.Insects.Animal.Behaviour.Lifecycle.Metamorphosis.Insects.P-INS275-91.Robert Pickett.www.papiliophotos.com  Tel: +44 (0)1227 360996.PLEASE READ OUR LICENCE TERMS. ALL DIGITAL IMAGES MUST BE DESTROYED UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING..
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  • Honey Bee, Swarming onto nearby tree branch from hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, Bee Keeper watching, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
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  • Honey Bee, Swarming onto nearby tree branch from hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, Bee Keeper watching, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
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  • Close up of eggs laid in cells of honecomb of hive, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • Close up of eggs laid in cells of honecomb of hive, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • Close up of eggs laid in cells of honecomb of hive, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • Close up of eggs laid in cells of honecomb of hive, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • Queen being grooomed by worker, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, on honeycomb cells from inside hive
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  • Pollen Storage Cells, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, on hive frame
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  • Close up Honey Bee, Swarming, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
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  • Close up Honey Bee, Swarming, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
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  • Close up Honey Bee, Swarming, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
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  • Close up Honey Bee, Swarming, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
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  • Close up Honey Bee, Swarming, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
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  • Varroa Mite, Varroa destructor, external parasitic mite that attacks Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, disease caused by the mites is called varroatosis, attaches at the body of the bee and weakens the bee by sucking hemolymph. In this process RNA viruses such as the deformed wing virus (DWV) spreads to bees. A significant mite infestation will lead to the death of a honey bee colony, usually in the late autumn through early spring.
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  • Honecomb cells containing honey within hive, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • Eggs laid in cells, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, within honeycomb of frame in hive
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  • Eggs laid in cells, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, within honeycomb of frame in hive
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  • Eggs laid in cells, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, within honeycomb of frame in hive
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  • Drone Honey Bees, Emerging, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, hatching from sealed cell in brood chamber, adult
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  • Honey Bee, Swarming onto nearby tree branch from hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
    37752RKP.jpg
  • Honey Bee, Swarming onto nearby tree branch from hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
    37746RKP.jpg
  • Honey Bee, Swarming onto nearby tree branch from hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
    37731RKP.jpg
  • Honey Bee, Swarming onto nearby tree branch from hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.  In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
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  • Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella, pest to Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, caterpillars or larvae feed on honey, beeswax, stored pollen, bee shell casings, and in some cases bee brood. Tunneling through honeycombs damage the colony and bee lifecycle
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  • Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella, pest to Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, caterpillars or larvae feed on honey, beeswax, stored pollen, bee shell casings, and in some cases bee brood. Tunneling through honeycombs damage the colony and bee lifecycle
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  • Honey Bee drinking honey from honeycomb, inside hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • Honey Bee drinking honey from honeycomb, inside hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • Honey Bee drinking honey from honeycomb, inside hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • Honey Bees fanning at hive entrance, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, bee keeper watching, bees raise their abdomen into the air, the workers expose a white-tip called a Nasonov gland. This gland releases pheromones into the air communicating to the other bees
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell on honeycomb, hive, growing bee inside, larvae stage
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell cut open to show growing bee inside, on honeycomb, hive, larvae stage
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell on honeycomb, hive, growing bee inside, larvae stage
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell on honeycomb, hive, growing bee inside, larvae stage
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell cut open to show growing bee inside, on honeycomb, hive
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell cut open to show growing bee inside, on honeycomb, hive
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, bees swarming out of hive, spring, leaving hive, covering entrance, flying
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, bees swarming out of hive, spring, leaving hive, covering entrance, flying
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, bees swarming out of hive, spring, leaving hive, covering entrance, flying
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  • New Zealand Queen on cells in hive, surrounded by workers, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, honecomb, tending cells
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  • New Zealand Queen on cells in hive, surrounded by workers, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, honecomb, tending cells
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  • New Zealand Queen on cells in hive, surrounded by workers, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, honecomb, tending cells
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  • Worker Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, on side of hive, showing full body, legs, wings, head, eye, antennae
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  • Queen with attending workers, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, inside hive,
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  • Queen with attending workers, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, inside hive,
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  • Queen with attending workers, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, inside hive,
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  • Drone Larvae, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, in honecomb cells in hive, brood, showing growing drone and some capped cells and others with eggs inside
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  • Drone Larvae, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, in honecomb cells in hive, brood, showing growing drone and some capped cells and others with eggs inside
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  • Drone Larvae, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, in honecomb cells in hive, brood, showing growing drone and some capped cells and others with eggs inside
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  • Eggs laid in cells, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, within honeycomb of frame in hive
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  • Eggs laid in cells, Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, within honeycomb of frame in hive
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  • Worker Honey Bee, Emerging, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, hatching from sealed cell in brood chamber, adult
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Brood Chambers on frame from hive, Kent UK, kept at the bottom part of the hive where the queen spends most of her time laying eggs, deep chamber, sealed capped cells, pupae & larvae stage
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Brood Chambers on frame from hive, Kent UK, kept at the bottom part of the hive where the queen spends most of her time laying eggs, deep chamber, sealed capped cells, pupae & larvae stage
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Brood Chambers on frame from hive, Kent UK, kept at the bottom part of the hive where the queen spends most of her time laying eggs, deep chamber, sealed capped cells, pupae & larvae stage
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Brood Chambers on frame from hive, Kent UK, kept at the bottom part of the hive where the queen spends most of her time laying eggs, deep chamber, sealed capped cells, pupae & larvae stage
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell on honeycomb, hive
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell on honeycomb, hive
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell on honeycomb, hive
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell on honeycomb, hive
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, Queen cup, cell developing on edge of honecomb from hive
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, drinking water from raindrop on leaf, tongue
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  • Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, queen cell on honeycomb, hive
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  • New Queen Honey Bee, hatching from queen cell within hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • New Queen Honey Bee, hatching from queen cell within hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • New Queen Honey Bee, hatching from queen cell within hive, being attended by workers, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • New Queen Honey Bee, hatching from queen cell within hive, being attended by workers, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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  • New Queen Honey Bee, hatching from queen cell within hive, Apis mellifera, Kent UK
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