Due to New Zealand’s isolation from other large land masses, its natural ecosystems develop in rather unique ways.
It is well known that the only native land mammals are a few bat species, but less well known is that New Zealand has no native
eusocial bees or wasps, and very few native ants or termites.
Humans have accidentally introduced 4 social wasp species and about 30 ant species.
Honeybees and four species of bumblebees were deliberately introduced to pollinate crops.
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