Dec 4, 2014 10:00 AM

Gallery: A Gorgeous App for Getting to Know the World's Bees

Natural History Museum, London
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Megachile(Chalicodoma)pluto
1,000 Bees is a new app that dives deep into the world of bees. Here you see The Magachile Pluto, also know as Wallace's Giant Bee for its 2.5-inch wingspan and its discoverer, the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
Natural History Museum, London
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Thyreus lugubris
The app is a close up of 1,000 bees, like this checkered Thyreus Lugubris (also known as the cloak and dagger bee). Each photos was gathered from museum collections rarely seen by non-entomologists.

Natural History Museum, London
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Lasioglossum gotham
The "Gotham Bee" was found in the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in 2009. It is one of around bees discovered in New York City.
Natural History Museum, London
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Agapostemon splendens
This is the Agapostemon splendens, known for its metallic technicolor body.

Natural History Museum, London
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Megalopta genalis
The goal is to shed light on the huge number of bees that go unnoticed in our world and hopefully bring attention to their decreasing numbers. Here, you are looking at the Megalopta genalis

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