Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time, bees were recorded using bones to nest and lay eggs in a Caribbean cave. - Courtesy of Lazaro Viñola López ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of years ago in what is now the Dominican Republic, there was a cave full of bones. And those bones were full of bees.

Paleontologists working in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola have discovered the first-known instance of ancient bees nesting inside pre-existing fossil cavities. Paleontologists working in ...

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(CNN) — Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground ...

The study authors believe that fossils housing the bee nests date back to around 20,000 years ago and could shed light on how bees have adapted to their environment, even in the ancient past. “There’s ...