Friday, February 22, 2019

Believed extinct for 38 years, the world's largest bee has been found

Measuring in at four times the size of the average honeybee, Wallace's giant bee has been on the endangered species radar for decades and was feared to be gone forever. But after 38 years of searching, scientists have confirmed that the world's largest bee hasn't gone extinct just yet. A team of scientists hailing from the United States and Australia discovered a female giant bee on an island in Indonesia called North Moluccas. The bee was uncovered in a termites' nest and the team was able...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/believed-extinct-for-38-years-the-worlds-largest-bee-has-been-found
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