Space Daily September 06, 2026 • 12:00

Scientists found an estimated 5.5 million wild bees living beneath a New York cemetery — millions of solitary insects packed into underground burrows across just 1.5 acres, creating one of the largest nesting aggregations ever recorded at a site where the spe - Space Daily

Scientists found an estimated 5.5 million wild bees living beneath a New York cemetery — millions of solitary insects packed into underground burrows across just 1.5 acres, creating one of the largest nesting aggregations ever recorded at a site where the spe - Space Daily

A shortcut through a graveyard revealed millions of bees living invisibly beneath New York soil—a discovery that rewrites what scientists thought possible about solitary insect colonies.

A woman took a shortcut through a graveyard to dodge a parking fee and ended up on a scientific paper.
Rachel Fordyce worked as a technician in a Cornell University entomology lab. To avoid paying f… [+4862 chars]

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