Nesten en honing

Nests and honey

What insects build and make, and what people do with it. Hover a picture, or tap it on a phone, to hear the name.

18 words

Image credits

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de bijenkorf — Beehives_in_Butte_County_(2025)-104A8312.jpg by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
de honingraat — Honey_comb.jpg by Merdal at Turkish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
de honing — Runny_hunny.jpg by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, Public domain
de bijenwas — Pure Natural Beeswax Blocks.jpg by Jack Soley, CC BY-SA 4.0
het stuifmeel — Staub 001 2018 06 14.jpg by Friedrich Haag, CC BY-SA 4.0
de nectar — Nectar.jpg by Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 2.5
de bestuiving — Pollen Dusted Bee (11027119186).jpg by Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0
de imker — Beekeeper_keeping_bees.jpg by Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0
de bijenkoningin — Apis_mellifera_scutellata_1355021.jpg by Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Public domain
de werkbij — Todd_Huffman_-_Lattice_(by).jpg by Todd Huffman from Phoenix, AZ, CC BY 2.0
de dar — Drone_bee_(32-image_macro_stack).jpg by Guillaume Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0
de zwerm — 2024-04-27 12 46 54 A honey bee swarm on a fir tree branch along Aquetong Lane in the Mountainview section of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg by Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
het wespennest — Wasp nest, Dnipro, Ukraine.jpg by Alex Blokha, CC BY-SA 4.0
de mierenhoop — Large red wood anthill against a spruce tree at Stursbøl plantage. (73972).jpg by Tholst93, CC BY-SA 3.0
de termietenheuvel — Litchfield_National_Park-03.jpg by Hansjoerg Morandell from Bolzano, Italy, CC BY 2.0
de gal — Andricus_lignicola_-_Cola-nut_Gall.JPG by Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, Public domain
de zijde — Silk fiber.jpg by Boonlert Aroonpiboon, CC BY 4.0
het insectenhotel — Insect_house.jpg by Obscurasky, CC BY-SA 4.0