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
Scientists fear the extinction of bees in the
U.S., as they have almost no contact with each other. Because of this, there
are more