World's biggest bee found! 🐝

[Marjo]

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.

[TallTrees]

Good grief @Marjo

That bee is enormous ~ don't think I would have enough space even to think about looking after a few of those.

Thank you for the information ~ absolutely wonderful news ~ TallTrees

[Cleoriff]

Good grief....that's damn big.

[TallTrees]

YEH @Cleoriff you wouldn't want that buzzing around your daffs!

[Mi-Amigo]

I bet they didn`t name him Eric!!

(I`ll get me coat)

[Anonymous]

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 

[TallTrees]

I really enjoyed that ~ thank you @Mi-Amigo

Great laugh this morning.

You can come back in now 

[TallTrees]

Absolutely right @Anonymous

Wouldn't want those  (much as I love bees)

sniffing round your hyacinths!  

[Cleoriff]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Absolutely right @Anonymous

Wouldn't want those  (much as I love bees)

sniffing round your hyacinths!  

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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!!

[Martin-O2]

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.