5.5M ground nesting bees make home in Ithaca cemetery
April 13, 2026
April 13, 2026
ITHACA, New York, April 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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5.5M ground nesting bees make home in Ithaca cemetery
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To save money, Rachel Fordyce parked her car for free at Ithaca's East Hill Plaza and walked through East Lawn Cemetery to her job as a technician in an entomology lab on Cornell's campus. One spring day in 2022, she walked in to work with a jar full of bees.
"These are all over t . . .
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5.5M ground nesting bees make home in Ithaca cemetery
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To save money, Rachel Fordyce parked her car for free at Ithaca's East Hill Plaza and walked through East Lawn Cemetery to her job as a technician in an entomology lab on Cornell's campus. One spring day in 2022, she walked in to work with a jar full of bees.
"These are all over t . . .