Talk:Megachile pluto

To add to article

To add to article: does it sting, or is it sting-less? 76.189.141.37 (talk) 23:50, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Also, does it create honey or pollinate? Bill the Cat 7 (talk) 01:02, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

These questions are addressed via minority statements (i.e., exceptions to the rule), not majority statements. Since 97% of bees do not produce honey, the one exceptional lineage in the family Apidae that DOES produce honey has it mentioned under each of the included genera (e.g., Apis, Bombus, Melipona). There are 20,000 bee species that do NOT produce honey, so it would be pretty pointless, time-consuming, and tedious to edit all of their Wikipedia entries to indicate this. The same applies to stinging; since 90% of all bees (the females, specifically) sting, it is only worth mentioning it for those rare exceptions that do not sting (e.g. Meliponini, Pedita). It's safe to assume that every bee listed in Wikipedia stings unless it specifically states otherwise. Dyanega (talk) 18:27, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Why is the mention of "Galleries" link to the "Mining" article? What does little babybee cubbies have to do with mining? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.60.217.203 (talk) 09:19, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

"Biggest bee" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Biggest bee. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 20:33, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Let us start from the title, I think that "Largest bee" is more appropriate than "Biggest bee". --Aristo Class (talk) 09:06, 21 September 2019 (UTC)