THIS 22-foot-high stainless-steel tower is full of 5,000 refug-BEES relocated from their natural hive. A colony of honey bees call this tower home and produce around five gallons of honey during the spring and summer months by flying up to five miles to collect pollen from local wild flowers. Created for a student project this tower, called Hive City was built on formally abandoned land in Buffalo, USA - and is designed so human visitors can watch the bees go about their business in the hive. Designer Courtney Creenan, 26, from SUNY University explained the idea behind the giant home for bees. 'We won a competition to design a habitat for a large bee colony that needed to be relocated,' he said
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Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
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A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
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A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .