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NYC abuzz with bees

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    Newly discovered species attracted to human sweat

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New York City is a hive of activity there.

Delivery trucks taxis pedestrians bicycles buzz in the urban honey come.

Meanwhile a tiny newly discovered beat up lands on unsuspecting passers by to look.

This left.

They will land on people and -- up -- swept the salt they use -- -- salt.

Lazio -- -- as it's been named by entomologist.

John -- and Jason Gibbs is.

Let's let it -- it joins about 250.

Other species native bees buzzing around New York City.

-- -- -- in sidewalk cracks traffic comedians and high rise balcony flower pots.

New York's need to -- population is more diverse than any other major city in the world.

Like the residents of the high rise towers in Manhattan.

More than 400 in 50000.

-- specimens who resigned in condominium like stacks.

At the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

For certain species that.

The city is as good or better then.

Natural areas.

Hovering around city parks and flower beds are.

Mask -- minor -- may -- -- it's plastered -- cook Luby's leaf cutter these porn movies.

And at least 49.

Species of swift beat up.

I've seen a photo of a male territorial -- will be perched.

On Empire State Building.

In the upper deck -- that -- get to maybe -- stories.

Unlike -- Dvds which were originally imported from Europe.

These native bees don't make much -- rarely sting and often -- alone or in small groups.

Moreover the New York City may be the global capital of immigrant -- At least fifteen species of exotic -- live in the city.

There're many -- -- present these for example in Astor place out a lot of these.

The -- street trees.

As -- as they do throughout much of your Manhattan York city and that type -- resonance as.

The discovery of this new species of urban -- the highlights the importance of the thousands of -- -- species.

In pollinating plants flowers and -- Native -- actually play a significant role in pollinating crops.

In fact studies show there -- more prevalent among many farmers fields and previously believed.

Often more effective and -- -- -- and more resistant to problems that have decimated honeybees in the US and Europe.

Mr.

-- and his colleagues continued to study hoping to described new unknown species and further uncover.

The role of maintenance -- in pollination.

With the Wall Street Journal I'm science writer Robert the -- in New York.

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