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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new solitary bee species, known as the Ceratina (Ceratinula) fioreseana, has been discovered on a farm in Água Fria de Goiás, Brazil.
The new bee species was first identified by Favizia Freitas de Oliveira, a research scientist with the Institute of Biology at Brazil’s Federal University of Bahia and Hebert Luiz Pereira with HP Agroconsultoria, a firm that focuses on bee production and conservation.
In 2017, both began working with Henrique Fiorese, whose family owns the Nossa Senhora Aparecida Farm, where the discovery was made. Details surrounding the discovery were featured in the . . .