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Ruth Bonneville /Free Press Feature - Bee specialist Photos of Thilina Hettiarachchi, and his field research assistant, Reid Miller, setting up a elevated bee bowl sampling station in the field at the south station, at the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve Friday, Thilina Hettiarachchi, a PhD candidate in Entomology at the University of MB. Is a specialist in bees and he's discovered a new species of the insect. He uses macrophotography as a tool to analyze the species of insect he is studying in the field and is recognized internationally for his macrophotography. I hope a photographer can be sent out too Story by Martin Zeilig Aug 30th, 2024