Portrait of a mature queen honey bee, Apis mellifera. Urbana, Illinois, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Hymenoptera

is a diverse order of insects that contains wasps, bees, and sawflies. Many species are parasitic on other insects and are important in biological control of pests. Several groups have evolved complex social behavior, particularly in the bees and ants.

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This Isodontia mexicana wasp has been stylopized by Paraxenos parasites in the enigmatic order Strepsiptera, evident as bulges emerging between the abdominal segments.

Illinois, USA

Hylaeus sp. yellow-faced bee (Colletidae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Pseudomethoca frigida (Mutillidae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A queen bee, Apis mellifera.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughter worker bees (Apis mellifera).

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Portrait of a mature queen honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A selection of Hymenoptera from a museum collection, preserved for scientific study.

Leucospis is a parasite of wood-nesting bees and wasps. Here, a female lays her egg in an unguarded nest.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Portrait of a mature queen honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Portrait of a mature queen honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Portrait of a mature queen honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Canon EOS 7D |

More details: exif |

Original size: 4392x2840 |

Current: 800x518 |

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Keywords: white honeybee insect abeja beekeeping queen bee

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