The queen and her subjects

Close-up of honey bees on comb, the queen is marked with a green spot identifying the year she was raised.
Close-up view of honey bees on comb, the queen is marked with a red spot identifying the year she was raised.
Close-up of bees on top of a hive frame, Close-up of honey bees on comb, the queen is marked with a green spot identifying the year she was raised.
Close-up of two honey bee drones at the entrance of a green wooden hive.
Close-up of a honeybee on a brown pole, with yellow pollen on its legs.
Close-up of honeybees on a comb, Close-up of honey bees on comb, the queen is marked with a white spot identifying the year she was raised.
Close-up of honeybees on comb, the queen is marked with a yellow spot identifying the year she was raised.

Hive diving!

Two beekeepers wearing protective suits and veils examining a hive box outdoors in a garden.
A beekeeper inspecting a broodcomb frame covered in with bees, wearing a protective suit and veil, surrounded by green foliage.
Three beekeepers in protective suits inspecting a beehive outdoors surrounded by green trees and bushes on a sunny day in a South London suburban apiary.
Two beekeepers in protective suits, one showing a honeycomb frame, standing outdoors with green trees and blue sky in the background.
A beekeeper wearing protective gear inspects a honeybee frame in a garden apiary with a wooden hive and a bamboo fence.
Three people in beekeeping suits with veil hoods standing outdoors near a shed, smiling, with a bee smoker on the ground.
Two beekeepers in protective suits inspecting a beehive outdoors surrounded by green plants and flowers.

The Office

A garden with purple crocus flowers in the foreground, a leafless tree, and multiple colourful beehives in the background surrounded by green bushes and trees.
A snow-covered garden with colourful beehives, a wooden fence, and a tree with snow on its branches.
A person dressed in a beekeeping suit standing among colourful beehives on a grassy area surrounded by greenery and trees.
Garden with colourful flowers and decorative beehives, tree with birdhouse, and lush green foliage in the background.
A field of tall grass with a row of colourful beehives, trees, and a sunset sky with clouds in blue, pink, and orange hues.

Bushes and Briars Wood

Collage of multiple insects, animals, and plants, including butterflies, a lizard, a slow worm, newts, a caterpillar, a bumblebee on purple flowers, and a jay feather in natural outdoor environments.
Collection of various plants and flowers including a forest trail, sloe berries, pink and red flowers, blue and white flowers, fallen yellow maple leaves, cherry blossoms and white flowering hawthorn shrubs.

The ecological jewels of Bushes and Briars Wood. A suburban wood and vital sanctuary for a dazzling array of British fauna and flora that Metropollen protects from relentless urban expansion.