Gathering pollen and nectar from the fall bloom of New England asters. - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

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Gathering pollen and nectar from the fall bloom of New England asters.

Male bees can be recognized by their enormous eyes, useful for spotting unmated queens on the wing.

A foraging bee returns to the hive with both nectar (visible in the distended abdomen) and pollen (visible in the baskets on the bee's hind legs).

Pollen, collected from the legs of foraging bees as they return to the hive, is sold as a natural high-protein dietary supplement.

Portrait of a guard bee.

Worker bees in a crowded hive.

A honey bee gathers nectar from yellow sweet clover Melilotus albus.

Student beekeepers at the University of Illinois inspect a hive.

The smoker is the most important tool of the beekeeper, as smoke disarms the bees' defensive response.

Gathering pollen and nectar from the fall bloom of New England asters.

Gathering pollen and nectar from the fall bloom of New England asters.

Gathering pollen and nectar from the fall bloom of New England asters.

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Original size: 3704x2536 |

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