Ingo Arndt / Thermal imaging of Honey bee (Apis mellifera) brood comb. Cooler parts appear darker, warmer parts appear bright in colour. Very bright spots showing worker bees heating brood cells with the help of t...

Ingo Arndt / Thermal imaging of Honey bee (Apis mellifera) brood comb. Cooler parts appear darker, warmer parts appear bright in colour. Very bright spots showing worker bees heating brood cells with the help of t...

John Chan / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) gathering at the entrance of their nest in a hollow log, with some returning workers carrying pollen baskets, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, October.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen standing surrounded by workers, Kiel, Germany, May.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee 1+Apis mellifera+2 worker on freshly made honey comb, Kiel, Germany, May.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker on freshly made honey comb, Kiel, Germany, May.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on natural honeycomb, Kiel, Germany, May.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on comb with honey, Kiel, Germany, June.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on comb with honey, Kiel, Germany, June.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) comb filled with honey, Kiel, Germany, June.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) honey comb mostly covered with wax, Kiel, Germany, June.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) adult emerging from brood cell, Kiel, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) adult emerging from brood cell, Kiel, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) adult emerging from brood cell, Kiel, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) adult emerging from brood cell, Kiel, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers in hive with three white queen cells, Kiel, Germany, June.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) forming living bridge, Kiel, Germany, June.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera), bees can link up to form a bridge, however in this image the bridge has just collapsed leaving just three bees linked. Kiel, Germany, June.

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers caring for queen cells, Kiel, Germany

Solvin Zankl / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers looking after queen cells, Kiel, Germany

Dong Lei / Himalayan honeybee (Apis laboriosa) Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet, China. October.

Georgette Douwma / Cock's comb oyster (Lopha cristagalli) covered with encrusting sponge on artificial reef. Mabul, Malaysia.

MD Kern / Palo Alto JR Museum / Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus) spider walking silhouetted against light, captive.

Alex Mustard / Planktonic sea walnut ctenophore (Mnemiopsis mccradyi) in open water, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Simon Colmer / Honeybee workers exchanging food - known as trophallaxis (Apis mellifera) Sussex, UK

Simon Colmer / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers exchanging food - known as trophallaxis, Sussex, UK

Mark Bowler / Beekeeper looking at the comb of a Honeybee (Apis mellifera) nest. Scotland, UK, May 2010. Model released.

Stephen Dalton / Honeybees (Apis mellifera) on new frame in beehive, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) filling honey storage cells in hive, UK

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) working at comb, UK

David Shale / Comb Jelly {Bollinopsis ssp} caught with 1m ring net between 0 and 150m, comb plates, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Kim Taylor / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen surrounded by workers as she lays an egg in a cell at the edge of the comb, UK

Juan Carlos Munoz / Comb crested dragon lizard {Gonocephalus liogaster} on Strangler fig roots, Danum valley forest reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Jurgen Freund / X-ray of shell of the Venus Comb Murex {Murex pecten}

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} worker with full pollen sacs executing 'waggle dance' to indicate food source, UK

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee worker with full pollen sacs executing waggle dance, UK. {Apis mellifera}

Dario Novellino / Villagers with honeycomb, Palawan, Philippines

Ingo Arndt / Ctenophore (Beroe cucumis) showing typical symmetrical combs made of cilia, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Gerry Ellis / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) comb detail, North America

Norbert Wu / Ctenophore (Beroe cucumis) voracious, large mouth, Arctic

Ashley Cooper / Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colony on Comb Island, Danger Islands, Antarctica. December 2019.

Edwin Giesbers / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony on frame from beehive. Betuwe, The Netherlands, April.

Edwin Giesbers / RF - Honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony on frame from beehive. Betuwe, The Netherlands, April. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Edwin Giesbers / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony on frame from beehive. Betuwe, The Netherlands, April.

Edwin Giesbers / RF - Honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony on frame from beehive. Betuwe, The Netherlands, April. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Edwin Giesbers / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony on frame from beehive. Betuwe, The Netherlands, April.

Ingo Arndt / Honeycomb cells filled with honey collected by Honey bees (Apis mellifera), Germany. May.

Ingo Arndt / Dorsal view of Honey bees (Apis mellifera) on honeycomb, Germany. May.