Humble Bee business trying to recreate bee's natural bioplasticwww.flickr.com/photos/54563451@N08/15213340116 The Australian native bee, Hylaeus nubilosus, which lines its nest hole with a cellophane-like bioplastic. KEVIN STENT/STUFF Veronica Harwood-Stevenson's start-up business Humble Bee hopes to replicate the natural bioplastic made by a native bee. Harwood-Stevenson's Wellington start-up business Humble Bee has been promised up to $120,000 from Callaghan Innovation to try to make a comparable synthetic version of the bee nest lining. STEVE KERR One of the New Zealand species of hylaeus native bees, Hylaeus relegatus. CAMERON BURNELL/STUFF Ferrier Institute director Richard Furneaux is leading the team trying to replicate the native bee's bioplastic.

Source: Stuff February 16, 2018 16:00 UTC