Bees by Mistake: A 100-Million-Year Amber Tale

From a Burmese amber treasure, Discuscaepa apicula challenges the bees-vs-wasps story. We explore how a pollen-coated wasp sparked questions about bee origins, the fossil pollen from Disperflora roberti, and what convergent evolution reveals about ancient pollination networks. Plus, the beetle hitchhikers and modern inquilines in stingless-bee nests shed light on a long, interconnected history of flowers and the creatures that visit them.

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