#TIL that #bees have been around since the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and ancient bees seem to have also gone through a mass extinction!
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sciencedaily.com/releases/2013…
First Evidence for a Massive Extinction Event Affecting Bees Close to the K-T Boundary
Bees and eudicot plants both arose in the mid-late Cretaceous, and their co-evolutionary relationships have often been assumed as an important element in the rise of flowering plants.journals.plos.org
