Stock Photo: Tropical Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa Latipes) Trapped Inside A Glass Vessel : (Pix Sanjiv Shukla)
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Tropical carpenter bee (Xylocopa latipes), is a species of carpenter bee, which is relatively large, with a sturdy, black, lustrous body. Widely distributed in Southeast Asian countries it’s a major pollinator within its ecosystem. Often mistaken for a bumblebee it leads a solitary lifestyle with a highly female-biased colony in the nest.
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