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Did bees live in the time of dinosaurs?

  • Written by Fred Dyer, Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University
A fossilized bee in amber.Fossilmuseum.net, CC BY-NC

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Did bees and dinosaurs live at the same time? – Gabriel H., 7, Providence, Rhode Island

Yes, and in fact they shared the planet for...

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