Wildlife Photographer of the Year

A ball of bees wins the 58th competition and will feature in an exhibition

The winners of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest have been revealed. US photographer Karine Aigner won the grand prize of the 58th competition for her image,

‘The Big Buzz’, taken on a ranch in Texas. Karine captured the activity with a macro lens as a buzzing ball of cactus bees rolled over the hot sand. A few minutes later, the pair at its centre, a male clinging to the only female in the scrum, flew away to mate.