Natalie Skowlund/The WorldGonzalez’s team was in his home country of Colombia to learn more about bees all around the country. As a result, the bees and the frailejón plants they pollinate face a diminishing habitat. Over the course of a couple of months, students learn about bees through field research in different Colombian ecosystems, from tropical dry forests to high-altitude wetlands. Catching bees with a net requires a specific technique, with methods on how to wave the net overhead and funnel the bees into a vial once caught. Kurtt said the Bombus funebris bee he caught was the fourth new species of bumblebee he found while in Colombia.