Do Honeybees Defy Dinosaur Extinction Theories?

neutron_p writes "The humble tropical honeybee may challenge the idea that a post-asteroid impact "nuclear winter" was a big player in the decimation of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Somehow the tropical honeybee, Cretotrigona prisca, survived the end-Cretaceous extinction event, despite what many researchers believe was a years-long period of darkness and frigid temperatures caused by sunlight-blocking dust and smoke from the asteroid impact at Chicxulub."

Comments

Resilience

[Ced_Ex]

I thought a number of insect species had the ability to adapt rather quickly to such diasters. The ability to reproduce in large numbers and a quick (short) life span and changing environment allows evolution to works at its optimum.

That said, don't bees hibernate during winter too?

Also, haven't they also reseached cockroaches as being the only survivors after a nuclear holocaust? Or was that a joke?

Noah's ark?

[digitect]

Heh, Noah's ark?