Interior of a bee hotel showing the breeding cells and cocoons of a red mason bee (top) and a patchwork leafcutter bee (bottom), UK

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Images 2G3P0G9 and 2G3P0GC show earlier stages of the same red mason bee breeding cells, when they were filled with pollen and the eggs were laid about 2 months earlier in mid-June.

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Size: 5329px × 3553px
Location: Hampshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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