Apis mellifera, honey bee
Scanning electron microscope image of a honey bee coloured artificially by computer. The female worker caste of this species have special baskets on their legs to to take pollen back to the nest
Picture No
10710272
Media ID
47581988
Size
6000px x 4789px
(4.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Illustration from the Natural History Museum Collection
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