Blue Bee Feared to Be Extinct Is Found in Florida As soon as the blue calamintha bee arrived on the
Blue Bee Feared to Be Extinct Is Found in Florida As soon as the blue calamintha bee arrived on the scene, scientists worried it might be gone for good.The indigo insect was last spotted in central Florida in 2016, five years after it was first identified. But this spring, just as Americans began to hunker down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rare blue bees, known scientifically as Osmia calaminthae, were rediscovered in the same region foraging on Ashe’s calamint, a dainty violet flower that blooms in certain scrub habitats. -- source link
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