June 7, 2013

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  A solitary bee species was discovered

  in Iran & Turkey in 2010. The rare

  thing about this species is that the

  Mother Bee builds tiny nests for

  her larvae from torn pieces of

  flower petals and mud.

   

  It typically takes two days to

  build one. Mother Bee will bite

  off flower petals to take back

  to her nest-in-construction,

  one petal at a time, where she

  lovingly moulds them into a

  cozy cocoon home using nectar

  as glue. She will line the inside

  walls with mud and cover them, 

  painstakingly, with more petals. 

   

  The end-result is enchanting.

  

   

  And the best part?

   

  She does all this without the

  ability to see a single thing. 

  (Bees can't see? I learn 

  something new everyday)

   

  It is quite literally all down to the

  touch and feel of what's around her.

  Kind of like life sometimes, huh?

  You've got to feel your way around.

   

  Such beauty from a solitary being.

   

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