Photos: James Bryce Dorey
Palaeorhiza (Cnemidorhiza) disrupta
BEES of AUSTRALIA
Photographer and author James Bryce Dorey has created an outstanding book 'Bees of Australia', showcasing the species unique to Australia, using macro photography. Dorey states that 75% of Australian food crops rely on animal pollination, but native bees face serious threats; among them climate change, habitat loss, exotic species and pesticides, which are all threatening bee populations. Pictured here are just four of the species featured in Dorey's spectacular book.
Leioproctus amabilis
Ctenocolletes smaragdinus
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus
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