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FOSSILIZED BEE CREATES A BUZZ.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-OCT-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: FOSSILIZED BEE CREATES A BUZZ.(Higher Education)(An OSU scientist found the insect, which is 100 million years old, trapped in amber)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard

Think of it as a bee-osaurus.

It's as old as the dinosaurs for sure, and just as extinct. As for size, well, the tiny fossilized bee recently uncovered by an Oregon State University scientist is decidedly unlike a dinosaur, but that hasn't kept it from becoming the buzz of the entomology world.

That's because this little bee dates to 100 million years ago, making it the earliest known member of the insect line that later became today's...

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