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Bee collection
Bees Apocrita
Pollinators, solitary nest-builders and remarkable specialists, photographed in extraordinary detail.
This collection reveals the extraordinary variety of bee faces, hairs, eyes, mouthparts and body structures—details that are often invisible when these familiar insects are seen in flight.
Global
species from several regions
Macro
fine anatomical detail
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faces in the featured print
An Andrena bee photographed in close macro detail.
A closer look at bees
More than honey and hives.
Most bee species are solitary, and their diversity extends far beyond the familiar honey bee.
Bees occupy an extraordinary range of habitats and lifestyles. Their bodies are shaped by pollination, nesting, movement and highly specialised relationships with plants.
Under magnification, their dense hairs, compound eyes, antennae and mouthparts reveal structures that explain how effectively they move pollen and navigate the natural world.
This archive brings together portraits and specimen views designed to show both their scientific importance and their unexpected visual beauty.
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66 published species in this collection.
66Published galleries
354Public photographs
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Featured bee print
Around the World in 31 Bee Faces.
Thirty-one bee portraits brought together as a large-format celebration of shape, colour, texture and pollinator diversity.
Around the World in 31 Bee Faces
A honeycomb-inspired fine art poster featuring thirty-one bee images, arranged around one central bee as a structured celebration of pollinator diversity.
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