Experts weren't even sure if the metallic blue bee still existed.
It's a unique insect for a number of reasons, Kimmel said: It collects pollen on its face, relies on a threatened flowering plant and is found primarily in a habitat in central Florida: Lake Wales Ridge.
That region has an ancient history, the museum says:"When much of the state was underwater, higher elevation sand dune areas along the Central Florida ridge behaved almost like islands, producing isolated habitats," according to the release.Even though help was limited during the pandemic, Kimmel says he's scouted multiple sites looking for the solitary bee, which the museum says creates individual nests rather than hives.
The bees had previously been found in four locations, Kimmel said. After extensive survey work primarily on protected state lands, researches now have spotted the bees on ten properties, which significantly expands their known footprint."Even though I have found the bee in multiple sites it took hours and sometimes days to find even one bee," Kimmel said.
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