FOUND IN TEXAS BEE-GOURMET MEGAHILIDA CHOMSKY 

U.S. scientists have discovered a new species of bees Megahilidov family. He was named Megachile chomskyi, in honor of the American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky.

Megachile chomskyi

Megahilidy - is the largest in the world of bees, the size of each individual is from 5 to 18 mm. But the "champion" among them is Megachile pluto (body length of 39 mm and a wingspan - 63 mm). Prior to the opening of "Texas" bee megahilidy totaled 70 genera and 3,100 species. Now the list of added another view. Megachile chomskyi, according to scientists, is quite fussy. He prefers pollen exclusively kipreyny plants. Theoretically, this kind of bees can live in Russia - are distributed about 70 species of vegetation. However, the only habitat for the moment is Texas.

The discovery of this kind of science is obliged to Dr. Cory Sheffield entomology, which is a big admirer of his famous compatriot. "I'm a big fan of the works of Dr. Chomsky, and I also like his political opinions (Chomsky has a radical left-wing). And his contribution to modern linguistics and did priceless ", - told the Sheffield

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