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Post subject: Kufra Lost Oasis Bees

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:53 pm

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Kufra Lost Oasis Bees

"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.

So concludes a new study which has analysed the bees' genetics."

Full story go to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_ne ... 751889.stm

Fascinating story.....

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