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It's very interesting how this bee relies on termite mounds to live in and specific kinds of tree resin to build termite free sections. Since there's a finite n
by droithomme 8y ago
It's very interesting how this bee relies on termite mounds to live in and specific kinds of tree resin to build termite free sections. Since there's a finite number of termite mounds on the couple islands it lives on there's not many of these bees in the world, nor will there ever be. Also interesting that the bees, being near extinct, are worth a lot of money to collectors at auctions, and that the people who live on this island have very few sources of outside income.