Before Europeans went to Australia, they always thought that the swans under the whole world were white, so when they arrived in Australia and saw black swans, they were simply shocked, which was called the black swan event by the investment industry tycoon Taleb
Similarly, after Europeans arrived in Australia, most of them thought that the bees on the earth were black and yellow striped, but they did not know that in fact, there is a kind of "blue ribbon bee/blue ribbon padless bee Amegilla cingulate" in Australia, which is really blue!
(1) Blue ribbon bees belong to the → bee family Apoidea, the padless bee genus Amegilla, but it is lamentable that they do not produce honey... It's a shame (but as compensation, although they have bee needles, they are basically not stinging)
(2) Blue ribbon bees cross the Australian continent, only Tasmania is not distributed, but they are not numerous, so they are found less
(3) It is very simple to distinguish between male and female leucops, male bees have five blue ribbons, while female bees have only four
(4) Although the little guy is only a little more than 1 centimeter, but the harvesting pollen force thief is large, if you see the flower buds in your backyard being twisted, it is likely that these little blue bullies did it
PS: I really like this blue ☀️☀️
