More than 5 million bees found living under a New York cemetery - one of the largest recorded colonies ever

Researchers at Cornell University found that East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York, is home to an estimated 5.5 to 5.6 million ground-nesting bees, making it one of the largest, and possibly oldest, known bee aggregations ever recorded - (Bryan Danforth)

A quiet cemetery in upstate New York is proving far from still as new research shows it’s buzzing with millions of bees living just beneath the surface.

The East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca is home to an estimated 5.5 to 5.6 million ground-nesting bees, making it one of the largest and possibly oldest known bee aggregations ever recorded, researchers at Cornell University found.