Graeme Teague Photography

Live Bee Chain

Caption: Live Bee Chain
Scientific name: Apis mellifera
Copyright: © Rogers / gtphoto 832-526-1123 gtphoto@shaw.ca
AGPix ID: AGPix_GrTePh23_2311
Photo Alignment: 35mm (horizontal)
Comments: Working to maintain. When bees are actively building comb they cluster together and each bee does a minute fraction of the work of comb building - the cluster is sensitive to gravity and together they can exert enough torsion to adjust the parallel relationship between adjacent combs. Today honeybees worldwide are under enormous stress as populations dwindle dramatically. Every third bite of food you take is made possible by honeybees - and right now they need all our attention and resources to save them and ourselves. GTPhoto is a bee specialist with scientists, photographers, and photo stock available at all times.