Scientists Found 5.6 Million Burrowing Bees Beneath a Cemetery in New York. The Group Is One of the Largest on Record

Scientists Found 5.6 Million Burrowing Bees Beneath a Cemetery in New York. The Group Is One of the Largest on Record

Researchers in Ithaca estimated the number of ground-nesting bees emerging from a local cemetery in spring 2023, revealing just how abundant some understudied pollinators are

Scientists Found a Truly Massive Bee Population Hiding Under a New York Cemetery

A seemingly ordinary cemetery is a sprawling underground habitat for extraordinary numbers of bees.

5.5 Million Bees Discovered Living Beneath a New York Cemetery

A cemetery hosts millions of vital pollinator bees, showing their ecological importance and the need to preserve their habitats. To cut costs, Rachel Fordyce used to park for free at Ithaca’s East Hill Plaza and walk through East Lawn Cemetery to her job as a technician in an entomology lab at Cornell University. One day [...]