Millions of solitary ground-nesting bees, estimated between 3.1 and 8 million, have been discovered thriving beneath New York's East Lawn Cemetery. This significant aggregation of Andrena regularis bees, potentially one of the oldest recorded, plays a crucial role as pollinators for local agriculture.

A walk in the cemetery led to Cornell researchers discovering an underground colony of bees with an estimated population of 5.5 million—one of the largest ever recorded.

What appears to be an ordinary cemetery in upstate New York has turned out to be home to one of the most remarkable pollinator discoveries in recent years. Researchers from…

Millions of solitary ground-nesting bees, estimated between 3.1 and 8 million, have been discovered thriving beneath New York's East Lawn Cemetery. This significant aggregation of…

Los investigadores creen que la enorme población subterránea de abejas podría haber contribuido a la polinización de los huertos cercanos durante décadas.