Australia has thousands of native bees, many of which have restricted distributions.
One such species is Xylocopa aerata, The Green Carpenter Bee, which is a large threatened native bee species. Yet like most native bees, it has no legislative protection. In fact, most native bees are not even monitored, and hundreds more await discovery. One such example is Leioproctus zephyr
Land clearing, fires, planting of exotic plants, feral honeybees, climate change and pesticide programs including the present fiprinol baiting program over the past century have already caused local extinction of various in areas throughout the country. For example, fires and land clearing have led to the massive reductions in Xylocopa aerata. Once distributed across southern Australia, it is now extinct in Victoria, and can only found on the eastern flanks of the Great Dividing Range near Sydney in New South Wales, and on the western part of Kangaroo Island. (https://thegreencarpenterbeexylocopaaerata.wordpress.com/)
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We must address these threats to our native bees.
You can also learn how to create extra habitat for them in the book "Creating a Haven for Native Bees". Email Dr Kit Prendergast, the Bee Babette, at kitprendergast21@gmail.com or contact her via insta @bee.babette_performer