Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Rufous tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.

Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Violet tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.

Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on a banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Orange Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla robusta), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from Calabash gourd flower (Crescentia cujete) , lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on Little clamshell orchid (Prosthechea cochleata), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a male Orchid bee (Euglossini) gathering nectar from an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower, Imbabura Province, Ecuador.

Phil Savoie / Painted nomad bee (Nomada fucata) male bee with characteristic green eyes, sleeping with jaws locked around grass stem, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June

Marie Read / Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilocus colubris), male flying in to feed from cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) New York, USA. August.

Klein & Hubert / Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) hanging in banana tree, holding a flower, Masola, Madagascar.

Klein & Hubert / Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) in banana tree, holding stalk of flower, Masaola, Madagascar.

Solvin Zankl / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) trophallaxis - transfer of nectar from one bee to another, Kiel, Germany.

James Dunbar / Sweat bee (Lasioglossum) condensing nectar on a Thistle (Cirsium) flower, England, UK, September.

Jurgen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) feeding on nectar from flowers of the Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. June. Second Place in the Man...

Pascal Pittorino / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Borage (Borago officinalis) Var, Provence, France, March.

Andy Sands / Mining bee / Little flower bee (Anthophora bimaculata) taking nectar and pollen from Common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) flower, with pollen covered scopa, Surrey, England, UK. August. Highly comm...

Nick Upton / Pollen and nectar flower mix strip with Mustard (Brassicaceae), Common sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) and Red clover (Trifolium pratense) bordering a Barley crop (Hordeum vulgare), Marlborough Downs...

Tui De Roy / Cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) feeding on cactus flower nectar and pollen. Espanola, Galapagos Islands, November.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum). Perthshire, Scotland, July.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum). Perthshire, Scotland, July. Did you know? A worker Honeybee will only produce a 12t...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Worker honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on nectar of Borage (Borago officinalis) flower in conservation margin at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK. May

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Pair of mating soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? In some areas this insect is called the “bloodsuck...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker feeding on nectar from a Scorpionweed (Phacelia tancetifolia) flower in a conservation margin, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, Ma...

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Horsefly (Tabanus bovinus) close up of male feeding on fennel flower nectar (the females are blood suckers) Lazio, Italy, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Simon Colmer / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) returning to hive and communicating nectar source to other workers, Sussex, UK

Diane McAllister / Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) drinking nectar from an Agastache bloom in a backyard in Reno. Nevada, USA, August

Russell Cooper / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding from Lavender (Lavandula) flowers, Mayfield Lavender Farm, North Downs, Surrey, UK, July

Andy Sands / Wood White butterfly (Leptidea sinapis) feeding on flower of Purple Milk-vetch, Captive, UK,

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting nectar from Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in the Vatican garden, Rome, Italy, March 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting nectar from Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in the Vatican garden, Rome, Italy, March 2010

Stephen Dalton / Horsefly (Tabanus sp) male feeding on flower nectar, UK

Stephen Dalton / Horsefly (Tabanus sp) male feeding on flower nectar, UK

Stephen Dalton / Horsefly (Tabanus sp) male feeding on flower nectar, UK

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) feeding on (Cynara sp) flower, UK.

Sven Zacek / Dotted Border Wave moth (Idaea sylvestraria) at rest, feeding on nectar, Namibia, Africa.

Ingo Arndt / Male Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeding on nectar of Goldenrod flowers, East coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Hummingbird Hawk-moth {Macroglossum stellatarum} adult in flight drinking nectar from lantana flower, Switzerland

Rolf Nussbaumer / Hummingbird Hawk-moth {Macroglossum stellatarum} adult in flight drinking nectar from lantana flower, Switzerland

Kim Taylor / Common Carder Bee {Bombus pascuorum} queen collecting nectar from Comfrey, Surrey, England.

Kim Taylor / Bumble bee {Bombus sp) visiting figwort flower

Bengt Lundberg / High brown fritillary butterfly {Argynnis adippe} + Bumble bee feed on flower nectar, Sweden

Geoff Scott-Simpson / Common blue butterfly {Polyommatus icarus} on Common spotted orchid {Dactylorhiza fuchsii} UK peakdale peak district NP

Hans Christoph Kappel / Hummingbird hawkmoth feeding on flower nectar, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly feeding on nectar of Goldenrod during migration, East Coast, USA

Ondrej Prosicky/ BIA / Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingi) hummingbird flock feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii) feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador