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A scientist has discovered a species of bee in Australia. The bee has tiny on its head. The scientist is bee Dr Kit Prendergast. She gave the bee the Latin Megachile lucifer. "Lucifer" is another name for the Devil. Dr Prendergast found the bee while she was doing a of an endangered wildflower in the of Perth, Western Australia. She told the "Perth Now" news agency that she gave the bee its name because of its horns. She said: "These horns are very and devilish. I wanted to call it a devil-like name and so I decided on Lucifer." She added: "Lucifer means ' bringer' in Latin. I want to bring light to around the lack of of native bees."

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