Caption

A hornet (Vespa crabro) worker carrying a captured honeybee (Apis mellifera), in flight, high-speed nature photograph, insects, hornets, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jul 31, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Friedhelm Adam

Reference

BRK26I99_007

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

25.6Mb (8.5Mb) / 12.2in x 8.1in / 3660 x 2440 (300dpi)

Keywords

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