FLORIDA – An extremely rare blue bee that was last seen four years ago has been rediscovered by a researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The metallic navy insect, a blue calamintha ...

This blue calamintha bee specimen was collected in 2002 in Placid Lakes and is one of five specimens at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods in Gainesville. Chase Kimmel/Florida Museum ...

LAKE WALES, Fla. (CBSMiami/CNN) -- A rare blue bee scientists thought might have become extinct has been rediscovered in Florida. The metallic navy insect, a blue calamintha bee, had only been ...

The fuzzy blue mining bee is unlike any other. Take a closer look the next time you water your flowers if you live in Texas ...

SCIENTISTS in Florida are abuzz with excitement after rediscovering an ultra-rare blue bee they feared was extinct. Experts weren't even sure if the blue calamintha bee still existed, having only ...

(CNN) – An extremely rare blue bee was seen in Florida for the first time in four years. Above is a photo of the blue Calamintha bee. It’s only been previously found in four areas of the ...

An extremely rare blue bee that was last seen four years ago has been rediscovered by a researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The metallic navy insect, a blue calamintha bee ...

"We observed a shiny little blue bee grabbing (an Ashe's calamint flower) and rubbing its head on the top portion of the flower 2-3 times," Kimmel's statement said, according to the Naples Daily News.

An extremely rare blue bee that was last seen four years ago has been rediscovered by a researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The metallic navy insect, a blue calamintha bee ...