<![CDATA[A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees.]]>A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. The colony is one of the largest ever recorded and likely one of the oldest.

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Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York State cemetery

This whopping bee aggregation is one of the largest and oldest ever recorded, according to a new study

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Scientific American (www.scientificamerican.com)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/numodular/statuses/116408993588199698https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/numodular/statuses/116408993588199698Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:37:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:22:22 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey @TiciaVerveer Here’s Breadmonkey mis-bee-having again!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karen5Lund/statuses/116408932274151678https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karen5Lund/statuses/116408932274151678Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:22:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:02:56 GMT]]>@TiciaVerveer I'm glad they were discovered by scientists rather than an unfortunate backhoe operator.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vadhakara/statuses/116408855844428184https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vadhakara/statuses/116408855844428184Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:02:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:59:14 GMT]]>@TiciaVerveer yay - bees are amazing. I’m curious to know what kind

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/tsyum/statuses/116408841277524032https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thepit.social/users/tsyum/statuses/116408841277524032Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:59:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:33:10 GMT]]>@TiciaVerveer pleased to learn about the existence of goth bees this morning.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/WaitingOnABus/statuses/116408738801459523https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/WaitingOnABus/statuses/116408738801459523Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:33:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:18:47 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey @TiciaVerveer FFS!
(Yes I laughed, for my sins)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/users/toxy/statuses/116408682262424059https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/users/toxy/statuses/116408682262424059Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:18:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:17:52 GMT]]>@TiciaVerveer Any saints buried there? Bee-atified?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/users/toxy/statuses/116408678632120896https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.acc.sunet.se/users/toxy/statuses/116408678632120896Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:17:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:17:27 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey goddammit... I'm not proud of how much i love it. You win dad-joke the day

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/bno/statuses/116408677038727492https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/bno/statuses/116408677038727492Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:17:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:42 GMT]]>@TiciaVerveer

(sorry I cannot apologise enough)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheBreadmonkey/statuses/116408611122195722https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheBreadmonkey/statuses/116408611122195722Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:21 GMT]]>@TiciaVerveer

I hope they're careful - if they're under a cemetery maybe they're............
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Zom-bees

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheBreadmonkey/statuses/116408609784073096https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/TheBreadmonkey/statuses/116408609784073096Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:15:48 GMT]]>@TiciaVerveer

'whopping'

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