How did a tiny bee get to French Polynesia? Eight new species help solve a scientific mystery

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Feb 26, 2024, 12:20 am229 pts
In 1934, American entomologist Elwood Zimmerman, then an undergraduate student at Berkeley, participated in the "Mangarevan expedition" to Polynesia. Among the samples he collected were three tiny (4 mm long), orange-brown solitary bees found on tahetahe flowers in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

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