Bee specimens from the Natural History Museum in Bern, Switzerland. (IMAGE)

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Bee specimens from the Natural History Museum in Bern, Switzerland.

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DNA from museum specimens was sequenced to provide insight into the recent evolution of the Western honey bee.

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Melanie Parejo

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