A buzzing ball of mating bees is something people don't often see. The prestigious photography competition also features whales ready to mate and a hungry snake. See more of the year's best wildlife photos.
The winners of the Natural History Museum’s prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Karine Aigner’s remarkable image of a buzzing ball of cactus bees spinning over the hot sand on a Texas ranch won the Grand Title award. ‘Wings-whirring, incoming males home in on the ball of buzzi
Nearly 40,000 photographs from 93 countries were submitted for this year’s prestigious photography award. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 is Karine Aigner, an American.
The bee-level close-up was captured by US photographer Karine Aigner and makes her the fifth woman in the competition s 58-year history to claim the grand title award.