Nine solitary bee species discovered in Kerala for the first time
representational picture solely | Photo Credit: AP In a exceptional addition to Kerala’s biodiversity data, researchers from the Shadpada Entomology Research Lab at Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, have recognized 9 species of solitary bees from the subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) – all documented for the first time in Kerala. Unlike the social honeybees that […]





