Workers from a colony of Small Stingless Sweat Bees make a wax entrance tunnel to their hive in a tree hole. In dry regions they can be a nuisance

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Workers from a colony of Small Stingless Sweat Bees make a wax entrance tunnel to their hive in a hole in a tree. In dry regions they can be a human nuisance when they seek fluids from eyes, mouth and nostrils

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Size: 6000px × 4332px
Location: Nyerere National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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