A honey bee, apis mellifera, collecting pollen from a purple thistle flower head.

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Size: 3878px × 2584px
Location: Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Robert Cole / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: apis, bee, honey, kingdom, mellifera, nature, outdoors, united, wildlife