Ancient bees turned tooth sockets into tiny nurseries 20,000 years ago

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Jul 5, 2026, 3:23 pm108 ptsTrending
A stunning fossil discovery shows that ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets of mammal bones as tiny nests after owls scattered the bones across a cave floor 20,000 years ago. It's the first known evidence of bees nesting inside animal bones, revealing an astonishingly creative survival strategy.

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