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."

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Re:Anyone else besides me?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmmm, what is 0.00001% of 0?

Decimate

[IGnatius T Foobar]

A bit of pedantry here: the dinosaurs were not decimated, otherwise they'd still be here. To decimate something is to destroy ten percent (hence the "deci-" prefix). In ancient times this was often the punishment handed to an army that conceded a defeat -- ten percent of the men were selected by lot and executed.

Soooooo... please don't use the word "decimate" to imply that something has been completely wiped out.

Re:Confusion...

[C.Batt]

Wish I had some mod points. +1 funny.

Little goth bees suffering severe ennui induced malaise. But lo' they cling desperately to life, even though tis not worth the living anymore.

Buzzzz... buzzz... buzz killer. /I amuse me :-/

Yes, it is presented as dogma, isn't it?

[leonbrooks]

It's a shame that so much science asks the populace to take it's findings on faith, instead of showing the evidence and how they came to the conclusion. Mabye it's the lack of good scientific journalisim, or mabye journalists don't trust the population to understand, just to accept. Remember there's not even a reference to the estimated sunlight blockage or temperature drop.

Oi! Don't go questioning the Recieved Wisdom of the few Enlightened Ones, or you'll wind up in Career Hell, sinner! (-:

Re:Honey Bee Behavior

[DerWulf]

I can just see how your description is a liberals wet dream for human society.