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Kufra Lost Oasis Bees
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8751000/8751889.stm

"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." 


Fascinating story.....I h

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