Title

Western Honey Bee

Caption

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) guard workers, guarding nest entrance, nesting in Thames Water hydrant chamber, extremely unusual behaviour as honey bees don't nest underground because of risk of flooding, Crossness Nature Reserve, Bexley, Kent, Eng

Date

Jun 08, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Dave Pressland

Reference

BRK22F76_243

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (1,3Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3531 (300dpi)

Keywords

Apiformes Apis Apis mellifera Bee Bees England Europe European honey bee Honeybees Western honey bee Western honeybee adult adult animal adult animals animal animals door doors entrance entrances entry gate gates group groups guard guards habitat honey bee honey bees mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves nest nests out outdoor outdoors outside protect protecting several summer summery wildlife photography worker workers working man Hymenoptera fauna honey honeys wildlife Insect Insecta Insects