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5.5 Million Bees Found in a New York Cemetery

Mayur Tembhare

  1. A Cornell University researcher discovered that East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York is home to an astonishing 5.5 million individual bees. This is one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever documented.

  2. A Cornell University researcher discovered that East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York is home to an astonishing 5.5 million individual bees. This is one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever documented.

  3. A Cornell University researcher discovered that East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York is home to an astonishing 5.5 million individual bees. This is one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever documented.

  4. A Cornell University researcher discovered that East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York is home to an astonishing 5.5 million individual bees. This is one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever documented.

5.5 Million Bees Found in a New York Cemetery

Topic: Research News

A Cornell University researcher discovered that East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York is home to an astonishing 5.5 million individual bees. This is one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever documented.

Rachel Fordyce, a researcher at Cornell University, used to walk through East Lawn Cemetery on her way to work. One spring day in 2022, she noticed something unusual - bees everywhere! She collected some and brought them to her supervisor, Bryan Danforth. The insects were identified as Andrena regularis, also known as the

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A Cornell University researcher discovered that East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York is home to an astonishing 5.5 million individual bees. This is one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever documented.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260527023218.htm

Journal reference:

  2. Steven T. Hoge, Jordan G. Kueneman, Rachel Fordyce, Cassidy Dobler, Katherine Odanaka, Bryan N. Danforth. Emergence dynamics and host-parasite associations in a large aggregation of Andrena regularis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae). Apidologie, 2026; 57 (2) DOI: 10.1007/s13592-026-01256-6

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