‘Polyester bees’ brew beer-scented baby food in plastic cribs
Solitary moms set up an unusual microbrewery for each egg
A kind of cellophane bee, Ptiloglossa arizonensis, collects pollen from a silverleaf nightshade flower. She will mix the pollen with nectar in homemade plastic cribs to create runny beer-scented baby food for her young.
Tobin Hammer