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