Michener named the bee Hylaeus tuamotuensis and noted that its nearest relatives live in New Zealand — some 3,000 miles away across the Pacific Ocean. How did a small bee make such a big journey?

He described them as a species new to science: Hylaeus tuamotuensis, or Tuamotu's masked bee, in the family Colletidae. How these tiny bees had reached French Polynesia was a mystery: its nearest ...

The new species is named Hylaeus paumako in a nod to the Hawaiian word “paumākō,” which means grief or mourning, according to ...

All seven species belong to the Hylaeus genus of bees. Together, the wasp-looking bees are more commonly known as "yellow-faced" or "masked" for their yellow-to-white facial markings. These ...

The newly identified bee species is named Hylaeus paumako, and in Hawaiian, paumako means “mourning” or “grief.” The bee was distinguished for its all-black face, a unique characteristic ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that members of seven yellow-faced bees from the Hylaeus species require federal protection. If you’re in Hawaii where this brand of bee ...

In the course of the study, pollinating insects that visited flowers included honey bees, bumble bees, wasps, hover flies, solitary bees, such as Hylaeus modestus, sometimes known as the modest ...

Hylaeus paumako, a previously unknown species of bee, was discovered in Hawaii, officials said. Photo from Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources The new species is named Hylaeus paumako ...

Hylaeus derectus male. This little bee (3–5 mm) bee is only known thus far from near Mt Nadarivatu on Viti Levu, Fiji. It was collected from a canopy-flowering mistletoe. In 1934, American ...

COURTESY STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES A native bee—hylaeus connectens—sits on a native shrub kolomona (Senna gaudichaudii ) in Makolelau, an ahupuaa in East Molokai.

A new species of bee, Hylaeus paumako, is shown here on Feb. 7. The new species of bee was recently documented on the island of Molokai. Hylaeus paumako Makolelau 8808 Photo courtesy The ...