Carpenter Bee (IMAGE)

University of New Hampshire

Carpenter Bee

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For the first time ever, scientists have documented a widespread extinction of in bee group Xylocopinae, or carpenter bees, that occurred 65 million years ago, concurrent with the massive event that wiped out land dinosaurs and many flowering plants.

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Sandra Rehan, University of New Hampshire

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