Photo and illustration credits
Every image on this site is public domain or CC0, from Wikimedia Commons. Most are from the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Images are resized; no other changes were made.
Bumblebee on Purple Coneflower (25297224820).jpg
by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region, Public domain
Licence tag: PD US FWS
European honey bee extracts nectar.jpg
by John Severns (Severnjc), Public domain
Licence tag: Featured photographs in the public domain, PD-user
Apis mellifera, light body, side, beltsville, md 2017-05-26-15.27 (34717464480).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Apis mellifera, F, face, Maryland, Beltsville 2013-04-25-16.35.09 ZS PMax (8682047014).jpg
by Sam Droege from Beltsville, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Apis mellifera, dark body, back, beltsville, md 2017-05-26-15.01 (34240025053).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Apis mellifera, Drone, face2, MD, Talbot County 2013-09-30-18.21.11 ZS PMax (10062826934).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Apis mellifera and Verroa2 2019-09-06-19.00.03 ZS PMax UDR (48690841378).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Apis mellifera, F, wing, MD, Beltsville 2013-04-25-17.20.20 ZS PMax (8684017124).jpg
by Sam Droege from Beltsville, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Queen Bee (16545241268).jpg
by U.S. Geological Survey from Reston, VA, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: CC-Zero, PD USGS
Honey Bees Swarm (8159050858).jpg
by Pacific Southwest Region from Sacramento, US, Public domain
Licence tag: PD US FWS
Black-banded honeybee (Apis nigrocincta), swarming behavior (Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines) 00.jpg
by Obsidian Soul, CC0
Licence tag: CC-Zero
USDA entomology bee inspection (12813167043).jpg
by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USDA
Bombus affinis, F, side, sky meadows, virginia 2014-09-22-18.05.02 ZS PMax (15169110488).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Bombus affinis, f, WV, face 2021-04-13-17.23.34 ZS PMax UDR (51126313112).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Bombus terrestris, f, left side, Culverden, New Zealand 2017-05-26-18.02 (37200304321).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Bombus impatiens, Q, Side, VA, Richmond City 2014-04-13-14.34.05 ZS PMax (22049418202).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Bombus impatiens on Zinnia elegans at Jardin botanique Roger-Van den Hende.jpg
by Wilfredor, CC0
Licence tag: CC-Zero
Bombus dahlbomii, side, Chile 2018-05-16-18.03 (43111646922).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Bombus hortorum, m , face, Christchurch, New Zealand 2017-05-30-17.46 (37326683115).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Bumblebee on common milkweed (53068400566).jpg
by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region, Public domain
Licence tag: PD US FWS
Bumblebee covered in pollen (51432998921).jpg
by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region, Public domain
Licence tag: PD US FWS
Bumblebee on Blanket Flower (25474254402).jpg
by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region, Public domain
Licence tag: PD US FWS
Common eastern bumblebee (53832829849).jpg
by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region, Public domain
Licence tag: PD US FWS
Osmia lignaria, F, Face, Washington, DC 2013-11-13-09.44.56 ZS PMax (12330260505).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Osmia rufohirta, M, Side, Greece, Aegean Islands, Lesvos, Mytilene 2015-02-12-13.43.45 ZS PMax (17077265610) (2).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Osmia cornifrons, F, Face, Washington, DC 2014-02-23-15.08.06 ZS PMax (22502757351).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Megachile rotundata, F, Back, MD, Cecil County 2013-07-08-18.28.02 ZS PMax (10825526013).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Megachile pluto-imago femelle-Smith (1860).jpg
by Frederick Smith (1805, 1879), Public domain
Licence tag: Author died more than 100 years ago public domain images, CC-PD-Mark, PD US expired
Xylocopa caerulea, u, back, Singapore 2017-07-27-19.33 (36120169223).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Xylocopa viginica, f, side, Prince George's Co, MD 2016-10-20-18.39 (31527508535).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Agapostemon virescens (back) - USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory.jpg
by USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory from Beltsville, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Perdita luteola, female, back1 2012-08-01-15.44.50 ZS PMax (8170827403).jpg
by USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory from Beltsville, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Anthophora plumipes, F, Right side, N.A 2013-04-19-14.20.59 ZS PMax (8693017482).jpg
by Sam Droege from Beltsville, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Colletes hederae, f, country unk, angle 2014-08-09-17.54.27 ZS PMax (14939760767).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Stingless bee 3, f, side, peru 2014-07-30-13.17.15 ZS PMax (15839098322).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Tetragonula carbonaria on Bachkousia citriodora, Palm Beach Gold Coast IMGP0005.jpg
by John Robert McPherson, CC0
Licence tag: CC-Zero
Amegilla, m, australia, side 2014-11-01-23.56.03 ZS PMax (15583491577).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Euglossa imperialis, male, right side, coasta rica 2020-09-30-18.01.29 ZS PMax UDR (50428844088).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Orchid bee purple, m, guiana, 3 2014-11-04-12.09.45 ZS PMax (15795636422).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Nomada vegana, m, right, Barnwell Co., SC 2018-05-16-23.11.56 ZS (48732237148).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Dasypoda,f, united kingdom, side 2014-10-11-20.33.26 ZS PMax (15554938239).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Lasioglossum michiganense, F, Side, NY, Queens 2014-04-22-14.59.53 ZS PMax.jpg
by Sam Droege, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Hylaeus pictipes, f, left side, Crawford Co., PA 2016-11-11-16.17 (25346693249).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Purple coneflowers and a bee, Cathleen Kuehl Memorial Wildflower Meadow 2026-08-01.jpg
by Peter Cooper Jr., CC0
Licence tag: CC-Zero, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication missing SDC copyright license
Melecta albifrons albovaria, M, Side, Greece, Aegean Islands, Lesvos, Mytilene 2015-02-24-16.22.32 ZS PMax (16744468761).jpg
by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Licence tag: PD USGS
Everything else
- Useless the eraser: artwork © ReallyByte, from reallybyte.com.
- Bee drawings, diagrams, honeycomb border and icons: drawn for this site.
- Fonts: Bricolage Grotesque, Newsreader and Kalam, all under the SIL Open Font License.