Red Bumble bees and their ability to procreate with blue catepillars.

It such a reminder about what mother nature is capable of when we see the the remarkable outcome of the red bumble bee and the blue catepillar. I have heard of these bumblepillars when I was a child, but knowing that they only hatch every 50 years, I never thought that I would get the chance to witness it for myself. When my old collegue from pfizer called me and informed me of the miraculous hatching I had to go witness it myself. The red bumblebee is from the depths of the asian jungle. So when they migrate in to the United States it is like a colourful cloud moving across the sky. We seen them coming from a distance, as we were standing in the Arizona desert there was very boud skies. Just as we could hear the buzz of htese insects, the blue catepillar obviuosly could to. Below our feet came from the sand bright blue catepillars. They came out by the hundreds and covered acres of the dessert. The two insects mated. You are probably wondering how a catepillar mates with a bumble bee, but it is simple. The mating between these two is a very easy process. The bee simply hoovers over the catepillar and the catepillar holds incredibly still until the bee has "stung" the catepillar. The Red Bumble bee does not sting for protection, only for mating. When this process is done, the catepillar spins a web made of colours from the rainbow. Inside the web lies little offspring of blue catepillars and red bumblebees. It is remarkable. When they hatch, the parent hatches out into the red bumble bee and the baby inside comes out to bee the blue catepillar. It is remarkable. Sometimes, there is a very slight chance that the colours during the breeding process will mix and the outcome will be a purple-red bee and purple blue catepillar. It is not often when this happens. This is a once in a lifetime hatching. it is not often that one person will witness this taking place during their life time.