A bees world

Drag the slider to zoom into the world of the bee and identify some of the problems affecting them.



Honeycomb

Queen bee - 0.017 metres long

Drone - 0.01 metres long

Worker bee - 0.01 metres long

Hive beetle - 0.005 metres long

Varroa mite - 0.0015 metres long

Pollen grain - 0.000035 metres across

Nosema apis fungus spore - 0.00002 metres across

American foulbrood bacteria - 0.00001 metres across

Virus (e.g. deformed wing virus) - 0.0000001 metres across

Illustrations by Lindsay Cross. Email: lindsayjocross@googlemail.com