Honey bees in close-up, collecting nectar from a flower

Honey bees in close-up, as they collect nectar from a flower that they return with to their hive, and ultimately turn it into honey.

Look carefully and you can actually see the bee using it's proboscis to suck up the nectar - you can even see the bee periodically stopping to clean itself.

Whilst collecting nectar like this, the bee inadvertently also pollinates the flowers, a role which makes the honey bee crucial to our survival.

From http://www.cornwallhoney.co.uk ...

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Pets & Animals

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• nature
• bee
• honey
• proboscis
• pollination
• flowers
• nectar