The fuzzy blue mining bee is unlike any other.

Subgenera are groups of species that are structurally similar and closely related.

That’s pretty amazing considering scientists have found 1,500 differentAndrenabee species around the world.

A new mining bee discovered in Oklahoma

Credit:OU Professor James Hung

So far, the newAndrenabee has been found in Texas and Oklahoma.

The study authors took video footage of the fuzzy, matteblue beeand sequenced its genome.

Andrena androfovea, a new species of mining bee

Credit:OU Professor James Hung