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  • Male Thyreus bee (possibly Thyreus histrionicus). Photographed with a high speed camera in Matobo National Park , Zimbabwe. Thyreus is a genus of bees commonly known as cuckoo bees, which parasitise other bees, in this case anthophorines bees. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • Native bee portrait photographed in late Spring. Western Oregon.
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  • Male Thyreus bee (possibly Thyreus histrionicus). Photographed with a high speed camera in Matobo National Park , Zimbabwe. Thyreus is a genus of bees commonly known as cuckoo bees, which parasitise other bees, in this case anthophorines bees. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    Male_Thyreus_bee_32112ZmP-1844.jpg
  • A native green bee (Andrena ilicis) in flight, Texas.
    flying_green_bee_32909BFHs-20.jpg
  • A halictid bee, or green metallic bee (Augochloropis sp.) in flight. Western Oregon.
    green_metallic_bee_90807UGb-108.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-147.jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • A native green bee (Andrena ilicis) in flight, Texas.
    flying_green_bee_32909BFHs-202.jpg
  • A native green bee (Andrena ilicis) in flight, Texas.
    flying_green_bee_32909BFHs-177.jpg
  • A halictid bee, or green metallic bee (Augochloropis sp.) in flight. Western Oregon.
    green_metallic_bee_90807UGb-110.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee8.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee5.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) flies toward a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) to collect nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee3.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee1.jpg
  • A tiny leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_leafcutter_bee_8505LBee4.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-140.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-124.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-117.jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Tricolored bumble bee (Bombus Ternarius) flying among silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus) flowers. Moses-Coulee Field Station for The Nature Conservancy in Central Washington.
    flying_Tricolored_bumble_bee_6710NBe...jpg
  • Covered in pollen, a native green bee (Andrena ilicis) in flight, Texas. Note the tattered wings inidcate this bee is approaching old age, and the end of its useful life.
    old_bee_32909TCHm-97.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Genus: Megachile) departs a goldenrod flower (Solidago sp.) after collecting nectar and pollen.
    flying_bee_8605LLBee2.jpg
  • A male Eucerine bee, or digger bee,  (Melissodes sp) in flight near Clarno, Oregon. Desert habitat.
    flying_digger_bee_71406BB2.jpg
  • A male Eucerine bee, or digger bee, (Melissodes sp) in flight near Clarno, Oregon. Desert habitat.
    flying_digger_bee_71406BB1.jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0788.jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0733.jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0731.jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0695.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-148.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-114.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-111.jpg
  • Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) covered in pollen. Photographed in flight near the north Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. This bee was large, fast and very aerobatic in the air.
    Eastern_carpenter_bee-62413cb-110.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-177.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-130.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-124.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1674.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1731.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1729.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1712.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1706.jpg
  • A digital composite of the same mining bee (genus: Andrena ) in several different flight attitudes. Western Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera system.
    flying_native_bee_51510NcB-PN1.jpg
  • A female mining bee (genus: Andrena). Western Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera system.
    flying_native_bee_51510NcB-105.jpg
  • A female mining bee (genus: Andrena). Western Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera system.
    flying_native_bee_51510NcB-101.jpg
  • A leaf-cutter bee (anthidium sp.) pollinating a flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf-cutter_bee-IMG_0751.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-169.jpg
  • A small sweat bee (halictus ligatus) on flower stamens, Western Oregon.
    sweat_bee-9313HB-106.jpg
  • An African honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) photographed with a high-speed camera outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    african_honey_bee_32112ZmP-1686.jpg
  • A female mining bee (genus: Andrena). Western Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera system.
    flying_native_bee_51510NcB-108.jpg
  • A male bumble bee (Bombus vandykei) in flight. Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
    yellow_bumble_bee_8605BBeeY1.jpg
  • A female anthophorine bee (probably Anthophorine anthophora), photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com.
    female_anthophorine_bee_32112ZmP-876.jpg
  • A female anthophorine bee (probably Anthophorine anthophora), photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com.
    female_anthophorine_bee_32112ZmP-863.jpg
  • A female anthophorine bee (probably Anthophorine anthophora), photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com.
    female_anthophorine_bee_32112ZmP-754.jpg
  • A female anthophorine bee (probably Anthophorine anthophora), photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com.
    female_anthophorine_bee_32112ZmP-684.jpg
  • Bombus huntii - a native bumble bee. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-111.jpg
  • Close up of a western honey bee (Apis mellifera), western Oregon.
    honey_bee_51912Aps-116.jpg
  • Close up of a western honey bee (Apis mellifera), western Oregon.
    honey_bee_51912Aps-110.jpg
  • A African leaf cutter bee (Megachile spp) photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. Tattered wings suggest advanced age. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf_cutter_bee_32112ZmP-978.jpg
  • A African leaf cutter bee (Megachile spp) photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. Tattered wings suggest advanced age. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf_cutter_bee_32112ZmP-948.jpg
  • A female anthophorine bee (probably Anthophorine anthophora), photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com.
    female_anthophorine_bee_32112ZmP-871.jpg
  • Detailed portrait of a bumble bee (Bombus huntii). Western, Oregon.
    bumble_bee_portrait_52310Hb3Stk1.jpg
  • Bombus huntii - a native bumble bee. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-110.jpg
  • Bombus huntii - a native bumble bee. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-109.jpg
  • A honey bee (apis mellifera) lifts off from a small aster flower floating in a pond at sunset. Honeybees will collect pollen in late fall if the weather allows, and flowers are still to be found. © Michael Durham /www.DurmPhoto.com
    bee_reflection_102013RF-320.jpg
  • A African leaf cutter bee (Megachile spp) photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. Tattered wings suggest advanced age. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    leaf_cutter_bee_32112ZmP-951.jpg
  • A female anthophorine bee (probably Anthophorine anthophora), photographed with a high-speed camera in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com.
    female_anthophorine_bee_32112ZmP-861.jpg
  • Bombus huntii - a native bumble bee. Photographed in Western Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_51510Bbe-103.jpg
  • This large bumble bee is a queen of the species Bombus morrisoni. She is flying toward sweet pea flowers in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Please note: this image has been digitally altered. two additional insects (only partially in frame) were removed from the background. The original camera file is available upon request.
    queen_bumble_bee_8405BBee1.jpg
  • A anthidium bee (Anthidium sp) flies near a Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium Curassavicum) flower. Photographed in the high-desert of Washington, at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
    anthidium_bee_61909NB-28.jpg
  • a black leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) flies around sagebrush in the high-desert of Washington.  Photographed  at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
    black_leafcutter_bee_61709ln-33.jpg
  • Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight on Sauvie Island, Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera at 1/30,000 of a second. July 2001. Please Note: This image has been cropped from a 35mm frame.
    honey_bee_flying_MDurham493_30.jpg
  • A bumble bee (Bombus huntii) flying to a red clover flower, Northwest Oregon.
    flying_bumble_bee_MDurham490_30.jpg
  • A worker honey bee (Apis mellifera) collects nectar from red clover flowers (Trifolium pratense). Note the pollen baskets on the legs. Northwest Oregon..
    flying_honey_bee__92505HBee1.jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807UGb-1...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-23...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-21...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-17.jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-16...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-16...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90707HB-85.jpg
  • A bumble bee (Bombus sp. [possibly Bombus vegans]) in flight. Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
    bumble_bee_flying_8205BBee1.jpg
  • A medium sized black leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) in flight. Prairie habitat, NE Oregon.
    black_leafcutter_bee_7206LFc1.jpg
  • Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight on Sauvie Island, Oregon. Photographed with a high-speed camera at 1/30,000 of a second. July 2001. Please Note: This image has been cropped from a 35mm frame.
    honey_bee_flying_MDurham494_30.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Megachile frigida) on rabbitbrush flowers in the The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon.
    leafcutter_bee_MDurham491_30.jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-40...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-35...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-19...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-14...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90707HB-77...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90707HB-77.jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90707HB-13...jpg
  • A anthidium bee (Anthidium sp) flies near a Salt heliotrope (Heliotropium Curassavicum) flower. Photographed in the high-desert of Washington, at The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve.
    anthidium_bee_61909NB-33.jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-20...jpg
  • honey bee (Apis mellifera) and a garden flower. Pollin has gathered on the legs into "pollen baskets".
    flying_bee_Apis_mellifera_90807HB-10...jpg
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