Bees are nearly lost before they’re found
Australian researchers have named nine new species of bees from the genus Homalictus Cockerell in the Fijian archipelago, the first time these jewel-coloured pollinators have been formally reviewed for 40 years.
That’s the good news. Not so encouraging is the finding that at least one group may be extinct, and the others are showing signs of sensitivity to global warming.
Published by Cosmos.
