on โ21-02-2019 17:35
Check this out guys and especially @TallTrees!
The world's biggest bee has been re-discovered after scientists thought it had been lost after 1981 when it was last seen. It's called Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) after Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-developed the theory of evolution with Charles Darwin. It's estimated wingspan is 6 cm and length 4 cm!!
There's a BBC article about it here with more info including a photo comparing the size to a normal honeybee.
on โ21-02-2019 17:51
on โ21-02-2019 17:51
on โ21-02-2019 18:17
on โ21-02-2019 18:17
Good grief....that's damn big.
Veritas Numquam Perit
on โ21-02-2019 18:22
on โ21-02-2019 18:22
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on โ22-02-2019 08:04
So glad the species has been re-discovered ... however ...
My thought is I wouldn't wish to be stung by it
Thinking of you @TallTrees as I know you are a bee lover
on โ22-02-2019 08:56
on โ22-02-2019 08:56
on โ22-02-2019 08:58
on โ22-02-2019 08:58
Absolutely right @Anonymous
Wouldn't want those (much as I love bees)
sniffing round your hyacinths!
on โ22-02-2019 09:12
on โ22-02-2019 09:12
@TallTrees wrote:Absolutely right @Anonymous
Wouldn't want those (much as I love bees)
sniffing round your hyacinths!
Or in my case....stuck in my conservatory!! I always rescue normal bees with a glass tumbler and a sheet of paper slid underneath, then let them free in the garden. No idea how I would capture that monster!!
Veritas Numquam Perit
on โ22-02-2019 11:27
on โ22-02-2019 11:27
Woah that things massive! I wouldn't like to run into that in the garden.
On the subject of bees I saw a photo of this very sucussful bee today.
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