John B Free / Honey bees around Queen cell containing larvae (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Honey Bee swarm.

John B Free / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying to field bean flower to gather pollen

John B Free / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae in sectioned cells, UK

John B Free / Honey Bee eggs in cells

John B Free / Honey bee pupae and prepupa exposed after caps removed (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging for nectar on white clover, UK

John B Free / Honey Bee foraging for nectar on flower (Apis mellifera)

John B Free / Honey Bee pollen cells (Apis mellifera)

John B Free / Worker Honey bees (Apis mellifera) on comb feeding larvae in nest, UK

John B Free / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) with full pollen sacs at hive entrance, UK

John B Free / Queen Bumblebee (Bombus sp) UK

John B Free / Large white / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) mating, England, UK

John B Free / Large white / Cabbage white butterfly pupa, England, UK

John B Free / Queen and "court" of worker Honey bees (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Queen Honey bee surrounded by worker bees (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Honey bee worker feeds virgin queen {Apis mellifera} UK

John B Free / Honey bee workers ting queen cells pupae (Apis mellifera) U

John B Free / Honey bee worker feeding larvae {Apis mellifera} UK

John B Free / Flour beetle larvae (mealworm) {Tenebrio molitor} UK

John B Free / Honey bee foraging on oilseed rape (Apis mellifera) England

John B Free / Virgin honey bee queens fighting {Apis mellifera} UK

John B Free / Swarm of Honey bees in tree (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Swarm of Honey bees in tree (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Honey bee larvae in uncapped cells {Apis mellifera} UK

John B Free / Honey bee workers feed queen (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) tending to a cell at the nest. The bee will provision the cell with pollen and nectar ('bee bread') from its pollen basket or 'corbicula'.

John B Free / Early bumblebee {Bombus pratorum} emerging from pupa, UK

John B Free / Production of silk cloth from Silkworm moth {Bombyx mori} Japan

John B Free / Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) production of silk from Silkworm moth {Bombyx mori} Mahabaleshwar, Andhra Pradesh, India

John B Free / Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) production of silk from Silkworm moth {Bombyx mori} Mahabaleshwar, Andhra Pradesh, India

John B Free / Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) production of silk from Silkworm moth {Bombyx mori} Mahabaleshwar, Andhra Pradesh, India

John B Free / Mulberry trees ready to be planted as host food plant for the Silkworm moth {Bombyx mori} Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mahabaleshwar, Andhra Pradesh, India

John B Free / White-tailed bumblebee tending larvae {Bombus lucorum} England, UK

John B Free / Silkworm moth chrysalis and larva {Bombyx mori} on Mulberry leaf

John B Free / Worker bee emerging from cell in Bumblebee colony {Bombus sp} UK

John B Free / Young Millipedes {Diplopoda} UK

John B Free / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} fanning its wings to cool the hive (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Introducing queen honey bee (Apis mellifera) to hive, UK (Queen has been reared artificially)

John B Free / Honey bee artificial queen bee cells (Apis mellifera) female larvae are removed from beehive cells and grown on in artificial cells, UK

John B Free / Honey bee female larva (Apis mellifera) being removed from cell in hive for growing on as Queen bee, UK

John B Free / Honey bee worker feeds virgin queen {Apis mellifera} UK

John B Free / Honey bee queen cells and pupae (Apis mellifera) - cells opened to show pupae

John B Free / Honey bee queen cells and larvae (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Honey bee - capped brood of pupae with pupae exposed, England

John B Free / Pupae of Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in cells in beehive, UK

John B Free / Honey bee workers feeding larvae (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Flour / Mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor)