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. 2006 Oct 27;314(5799):614.
doi: 10.1126/science.1134103.

A fossil bee from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber

G O Poinar Jr  1 , B N Danforth
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A fossil bee from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber

G O Poinar Jr et al. Science. .

Abstract

The bee fossil record is fragmentary, making it difficult to accurately estimate the antiquity of bee-mediated pollination. Here, we describe a bee fossil [Melittosphex burmensis (new species), Melittosphecidae (new family)] from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber (approximately 100 million years before the present). The fossil provides insights into the morphology of the earliest bees and provides a new minimum date for the antiquity of bees and bee-mediated pollination.

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