Caption

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on elfin crocus (Crocus tommasinianus), Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date

Feb 26, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Erhard Nerger

Reference

BRK26C10_216

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

101.5Mb (10.4Mb) / 24.3in x 16.2in / 7296 x 4864 (300dpi)

Keywords

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