I visited the Living Desert Museum in Palm Desert the other day and came across an exhibit on bees that stated the following fact:

There are over 1600 species of bees in California.

Now I find that amazing – 1600 out of an estimated 4000 worldwide. It went on to say that 100 different species were living around the plants growing in the exhibit. I asked Dr. Robin Thorp, entomology professor of University of California-Davis some questions [Read more...]