Bee fossils provide rare glimpse into Ice Age environment

-> Bee fossils provide rare glimpse into Ice Age environment
A new analysis of rare leafcutter-bee fossils excavated from the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California has provided valuable insight into the local environment during the last Ice Age.

The La Brea Tar Pits, located in Los Angeles, contain the world's richest deposits of Ice Ace fossils, and are best known for their collection of saber-toothed cats and mammoths. In the new study, researchers used high-resolution micro-computed tomography scanners to analyze two fossils of leafcutter-bee nests excavated from the pits.