Orchid Bee HK11

".. The special role that orchid bees had in pollination.

As in the case of Hk11 which single handedly saved several quasi synthetic and organic plant species from extinction after the great freeze of 2043.

A later iteration of the species is seen here in a rare close up along with a native micromollusk.

Biological Orchid males would each create their own unique perfume by gathering samples from trees and flowers and storing the scent in a specialized compartment found in its hind legs. This was done in order to court potential female couplings. A characteristic that lives on in its echo species, and has earned this class of bee the epithet ' The Romantic '." 3667 x 2200 p