Wild bees are recycling plastic

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycling/blogs/wild-bees-are-recycling-plastic-study-finds

Plastic is increasing rapidly in our ecosystems and it is effecting many wildlife. Only some animals like the bowerbirds and the hermit crabs are able to recycle plastic. In Canada, there are 2 bee species that were discovered and begun using plastic to built their nest. They believed that this is the hint to the plastic pollution and the nature's limited materials. The 2 types of bees were the Alfalfa Leafcutter and the native American Megachile Campanulae. The Alfalfa Leafcutter is different from honeybees, but they still helps the US and the Canadian farmers by pollinating crops. The researchers that bees are using the plastic "incidentally and not due to a lack of natural resin options". This is good for the environment, but plastics have both pros and cons to the bees, too. Plastic is not a natural material, it is man made. Plastic does not like moisture escape and it increased the growth of mold making the bees having difficult time living, but on the positive side is the parasite like wasps, they didn't suffer as much. To build the bee's nest, they needed the materials that will be able to stick to each other, but plastic did not, and the nest is easily fall apart. Researchers are still unclear to why the bees are using this non-biodegradable materials for building their nest.