The Bee-Nath the Cemetery: New York's Secret City of 5.5 Million Underground Pollinators

About this episode

The episode explores the discovery of 5.5 million burrowing bees in a New York cemetery.

A New York Cemetery Was Hiding Over 5 Million Burrowing Bees, One of the World’s Largest Concentrations A New York cemetery was hiding 5.5 million bees underground Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Cool Stuff Daily

Topics covered

• bees
• New York
• environment
• pollinators
• urban wildlife

Keywords

• bees
• New York
• cemetery
• pollinators
• burrowing bees
• urban ecology

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New York, Cemetery

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