"Visitors flocked to Boyaca on Saturday to witness a monumental 17.8-metre bee sculpture, aiming for the title of world’s largest by Guinness World Records. The installation, part of a new educational centre, highlights the critical role bees play in ecosystems and global food production. Footage shows the massive sculpture from the air, as families and school groups explore the site. “A monument being built in honour of bees, regarding the importance bees have within the environment and the tremendous importance they hold for the food we consume worldwide today,” said park owner Oscar Alvarado. He added that the centre is designed to educate children and youth, allowing schools, universities, and visitors to take home both knowledge and an experience of the significance of bees. The sculpture itself measures 14 metres in height, with the stinger-to-antenna span reaching 17.8 metres. “I am 1.80 metres tall. The bee stands 14 metres high; from the stinger to the tip of the antennas, it’s 17 metres and 80 centimetres,” sculptor Ferney Robles explained. “Very spectacular, very pretty, very cool, very lighthearted, very educational, quite educational… I didn’t know there were so many types of bees. Here, there are five types. I didn’t think there were that many. And the qualities that each one has,” Miguel Alfonso Rios, a visitor, noted. The site also includes a native bee house, where visitors can learn about the history of bees and how to protect them. Before the installation of this record-breaking sculpture, the largest bee monument in the world was a 12-metre metal bee in Germany, also created for educational purposes."