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Honey bee worker Apis mellifera illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Driver ant Dorylinae in balck and white, side view

Red ant Mymrica Rubra swift ink sketch with red wash and stippling

Common wasp Vespa vulgaris feeding on a ripe pear; sketch in colour

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum life cycle showing adult feeding, underground nest, feeding on thistle, feeding on foxglove, egg, emerging from egg,

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum nestled in the florets of a thislte head

Honey bee Apis mellifera visiting the pear blossom in spring

Bilberry bumblebee Bombus monticola in amongst heath plants and heather with distinctive orange furry abdomen

Honey bee Apis mellifera detailed illustration of the worker

White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum showing fluffy hairs and stripes, wings outstretched, cut to white

Wildlife home diagram for a bumblebee nest with an inverted flower pop and a length of hose pipe as the entryway

Wildlife home diagram for a bumblebee nest showing a wooden box full of hay or straw, in a hole under a stone with a pipe for access

Yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus carrying an egg across the dirt