The melipone bee and the vanilla orchid plant hailed from the heart of the tropical rainforests of Mesoam rica. Over time, they evolved along-side each other because the melipone bee was tiny enough to pollinate the vanilla orchid flower. The only other insect that could possibly pollinate the vanilla orchid was a gnat-like fly called the midge. This story is about a melipone bee named Bettina Bee who was from the Cocoa Stand-where Bees and Flies...