[stm]

I wish there was a photo.

[presidio9]

ping

[patriot_wes]

"Amber, a translucent semiprecious stone, is a substance that begins as tree resin."

Never unserstood this part...how does tree sap (from an organic process) become a stone?

[SoCal Pubbie]

Creating quite a "buzz" in the scientific community.

[Slings and Arrows]

Scientist finds 100 million-year-old bee

A bee-dance pattern found in the amber was decyphered to read "You damn kids stay off of my lawn!"

[Young Werther]

"To Bee or not To Bee"!

I don't see any diverse license! So who knows how old this bug could bee!

[TaraP]

I would really like to know how these scientists determine how something is a million years old.

What is the difference between determining if the bee is a million years old or a half a million? what about a million and a half? what bee criteria do they use?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

And it's still alive? :-P

[Integrityrocks]

"...the ancient bee may help explain the rapid expansion and diversity of flowering plants during that time..."

All in all, this "discovery" doesn't give me the excitement it does these scientist, but the above statement did bring to mind an interesting mental picture. Gives new meaning to "busy bee."

[MoochPooch]

An inspiration to beedogs everywhere:



http://www.beedogs.com/

[martin_fierro]

Bee all that you can bee.

[Cementjungle]

A scientist has found a 100 million-year-old bee

Wow... and I thought turtles lived a long time.

[null and void]

[aruanan]

Also embedded in the amber are four kinds of flowers. "So we can imagine this little bee flitting around these tiny flowers millions of years ago," Poinar said.

Somewhere I have a beautiful little leaf I found in amber I got in the Dominican Republic. It's sort of heart-shaped, about 3/16" long with serrated edges. I have (or had unless someone swiped them) other pieces from there with ants and termite wings.

[texanred]

Fascinating. Thank you for sharing!

I actually create artwork with beeswax and have always had a very strong fascination with bees and how they operate. I’m just geeky enough about them that this actually got me a little excited.