*2.1.1 About the bee*

The bee selected for this experiment was collected from the La Bucara mine in the Dominican Republic. This stingless bee was trapped at the widest end of a semiclear, brown piece of amber that contained many other inclusions **Figure 3**.

The posterior of the bee is at the extreme periphery of the piece's thick end, and the apices of both forewings have broken away from the sample over time.

Age estimates of Dominican amber vary considerably in literature nonetheless, most data indicate that the age of most Dominican amber, including the material in this study, is 16–19 Ma [45–47]. The sample had been polished prior to this study and therefore required no extra preparation.
