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Honeybees Survive for Millennia in Sahara Desert Oasis (BBC)

Submitted by iw on June 24, 2010 – 9:44 pmNo Comment

Deep in the Sahara desert are honeybees that have remained isolated from all other bees for at least 5,000 years. The bees arrived at Kufra in Libya when the Sahara was still a green savannah, and have survived ever since around an oasis in the desert, over 1,000km from their nearest neighbouring bees. … Read more

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