Thyreus Bee
When these solitary bees want to take a break for a few minutes they latch on to a plant of their choice using their mouth parts and doze off.
They remain in this horizontal position until they are ready to buzz off again.
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A Tale Unfolds 
they must be very fit bees
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Indeed they must!
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This is hysterical and wonderful at the same time. Makes you wonder, at what stage in their evolution did they figure out naps like this? And why?
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I don’t know if such behaviour is unique to this particular bee, but I have certainly never seen another species do this.
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This is interesting information about a new bee for me!
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Very interesting. Nice shot!
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Thank you , Tracy.
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How do you know the bee is asleep? Are his eyes closed?
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He snores.
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