Researcher catching bees that have gathered on a white sheet near a hive. She is catching them for experiments investigating honeybee behaviour, such

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Researcher catching bees that have gathered on a white sheet near a hive. She is catching them for experiments investigating honeybee behaviour, such as their communication and navigation. Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are economically important as pollinators of many of the world's crops. Photographed at the University of Wurzburg, Germany in 2003.

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