Non-honey bees

Orchid bees (Euglossini) are unusual not only because of their metallic colouration. Males pollinate certain species of orchids, but visit them not for food but for fragrances. They use them to mix their own perfumes with which they court females. Not only orchid oils are used but even as unexpected sources of perfumes as… feces.

I like to think that females not always choose their mates on the basis of their perfume quality but sometimes they just fall in love 😀 (yes, just joking, but then, it’s a page with funny cartoons, isn’t it)