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Published online 29 August 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070827-4
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Amber preserves rare orchid pollen
First orchid fossil found on an entombed bee.
One day, fifteen or twenty million years ago, a bee dropped by an orchid and buried its head deep into the flower for a drink of nectar. A little later, the busy bee set out once again, this time to bring home some resin to help with hive construction.
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