Pictures of bees and wasps [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Sweat bees emerging from a hive Wasps' nest Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower (Suriname) Black wasp with blue leg segments and orange antenna tips (Brazil) Wasp (Malaysia) Red wasp (Kenya) Wasp in the Amazon rainforest Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Bumble bee (Kenya) Giant black carpenter bee - Xylocopa sp Yellow-legged wasp Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower (Suriname) Black-blue wasp (Brazil) Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower (Suriname) Stingless bee nest Green wasp Black wasp with blue leg segments and orange antenna tips (Brazil) Sweat bee nest Sweat bees emerging out of their nest Large black Carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp) in flight; approaching a morning glory flower (Indonesia) Honeycomb Sweat bees emerging out of their nest Metallic green Euglossa bee (Suriname) Black bee with a yellow head Bumble bee flying toward a yellow flower in the Amazon Parasitic Mind Control of a wasp (Malaysia) Giant black Carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp) flying towards a yellow flower (Brazil) Giant black carpenter bee - Xylocopa sp Wasps (Grand Canyon) Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Black wasp (Suriname) Neon blue and green wasp Sweat bee hive Sweat bees emerging from a hive Sweat bees emerging from a hive Orange wasp Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Wasp Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Wasp (Suriname) Large black bumble bee preparing to land on a morning glory flower (Indonesia) Red-eyed wasp Small hornet nest on a Heliconia leaf Cuero-Salado Wasp (Honduras) Geometric wasp nest Yellow wasp Wasp (Grand Canyon) Orange wasp Giant wasp eating an insect Bumble bee flying toward a yellow flower in the Amazon Wasp (Suriname) Wasp nest in an Acacia tree Wasp dragging a giant spider Black-blue wasp (Brazil) Sweat bees emerging from a hive Wasp eating a caterpillar Geometric wasp nest Wasp dragging a giant spider Wasp Black wasp (Costa Rica) Wasp Wasp Black wasp with blue leg segments and orange antenna tips (Brazil) Neon blue and green wasp Wasp eating a caterpillar Wasp Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Neon blue and green wasp Wasp eating a caterpillar Wasps' nest Giant purple wasp Black wasp with blue leg segments and orange antenna tips (Brazil) Wasps (Indonesia) Yellow wasp Wasp Wasps clustered on a leaf (Suriname) Stingless bee nest Wasp (Suriname) Wasp Orange wasp Neon blue and green wasp Wasp eating a caterpillar Black wasp (Suriname) bees and wasps: Page 1 | Page 2