Gallery

Foraging
Forager; photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Foraging
Aged worker forager with tattered wings; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Foraging
Worker forager; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Foraging
Worker forager returning to colony with pollen in hind leg pollen baskets; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Foraging
Normal hive activity at entrance; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Foraging
Worker forager collecting water; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Foraging
Forager bee exiting hole in hive; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Foraging
Foragers using alternate colony entrance caused by hive tool at corner of boxes; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Foraging
Foraging bee on early spring blooming crocus; photo by Cheryl Wright

Foraging
Heavy flight at entrance that may be orientation flights; photo by Lawrence John Connor

Foraging
Forager covered in pollen on Gaillardia; photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Foraging
Foraging bee; photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Foraging
Foraging bee; photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Foraging
Foraging behavior at hive entrance; photo by Elaine Timm

Grooming
Queen retinue grooming bees grooming the queen; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Grooming
Workers grooming marked queen; photo by Robert Snyder

Grooming
Workers grooming a drone; photo by University of Florida (Mike Bentley)

Hairless black bee syndrome
Bees showing hairless black bee syndrome; photo courtesy Animal and Plant Health Agency, Crown Copyright, UK.

Hairless black bee syndrome
Dead hairless, black bee; photo by Robert Snyder

Hairless black bee syndrome
Hairless worker bee; photo by Robyn Underwood

Heat stress
Bees bearding due to heat stress; photo by University of Florida

Heat stress
Hive covering to relieve heat stress; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Heat stress
larvae crawling out of cells; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Hornets and wasps
Aerial yellowjackets working on paper of nest envelope; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Hornets and wasps
Yellowjacket eating apple; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Hornets and wasps
Hornet Vespa crabro, an occasional honey bee pest; photo by University of Delaware

Hornets and wasps
Yellowjacket stealing honey; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Hornets and wasps
Yellowjacket feeding on a dead worker; photo by Robert Snyder

Hornets and wasps
Paper wasps; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Hornets and wasps
Mud dauber constructing her nest; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Hygienic behavior
Bald brood, likely wax moth below cappings resulting in uncapping of brood by workers seeking to locate the caterpillar; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Hygienic behavior
Hygienic bees uncapping pupae; photo by Robert Snyder