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Example of a sweat bee — Metallic colored sweat bee species are diverse, and difficult to identify to which species a specimen belongs; photo via zackzen

Researchers Jason Gibbs who was working on a study of sweat bees discovered a new species while commuting from downtown Toronto to York University. It is one of 19 new species he found while examining 84 species of sweat bees in Canada — so named because they are attracted to perspiration — which are common in North America. His study goes a long way in cataloging a variety of bee that has proven a “nightmare” to study.

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