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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: eivindm on December 14, 2004, 07:50:28 am

Title: Bees survived impact that killed dinos
Post by: eivindm on December 14, 2004, 07:50:28 am
Found some interresting information at News in Science (http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/default.htm) about the bees surviving the asteroid impact in the age of the dinosaurs.

Tropical honeybees and other warm-loving insects are continuing to challenge the idea that a "nuclear winter" enshrouded the Earth for years after the meteorite impact that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Read more here (http://abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_1242080.htm)

Guess our small friends can contribute with more than providing us with honey :-)