Ancient Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Dead Rodents, Study Finds

More than 5,000 years ago, bees in the Caribbean nested inside dead animals. They built their brood chambers in the hollow teeth and vertebrae of rodents buried in a cave. According to a new study published in Royal Society Open Science, ancient burrowing bees nested inside piles of rodent bones on Hispaniola, the island now […] The post Ancient Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Dead Rodents, Study Finds appeared first on VICE .