A foraging bee visits a New England aster. - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

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A worker (left) offers liquid food to a hungry young drone before he emerges from his cell.

Drones can be recognized by their blocky shape and large eyes.

Portrait of a drone bee.

Bees in a Langstroth moveable-frame hive.

Beekeepers will often mark queens to render them more visible. The color is standardized to correspond to a particular year; blue paint indicates this queen was marked in 2010.

A foraging bee visits a New England aster.

Cells used to raise new queens are elongate and hang down from the comb.

Four capped queen cells.

Hive bees ripening nectar.

A foraging bee visits a New England aster.

A foraging bee visits a New England aster.

A foraging bee visits a New England aster.

Canon EOS 7D |

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Original size: 3366x4836 |

Current: 418x600 |

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