Rare bee found after almost 100 years 1 Mar, 2021 02:00 AM 3 minutes to read Australian endemic bee species, Pharohylaeus lactiferus (Colletidae: Hylaeinae), last recorded in 1923 in Queensland. Photo / James Dorey photography Australian endemic bee species, Pharohylaeus lactiferus (Colletidae: Hylaeinae), last recorded in 1923 in Queensland. Photo / James Dorey photography The Country A widespread field search for a rare Australian native bee, which hasn't been recorded for almost a century, has found that it's been there all along. However, scientists warned it was probably under increasing pressure to survive. Only six individual bees were ever found, and the last published record of this Australian endemic bee species,