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Ancient Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Dead Rodents, Study Finds

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20.12.2025
More than 5,000 years ago, bees in the Caribbean nested inside dead animals. They built their brood chambers in the hollow teeth and vertebrae of rodents buried in a cave. According to a new study published in Royal Society Open Science, ancient burrowing bees nested inside piles of rodent bones on Hispaniola, the island now […] The post Ancient Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Dead Rodents, Study Finds appeared first on VICE.

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