The secret lives of bees
A Nepali tastes mad honey harvested from the country’s highland cliffs. (Image: Medicinal Mad Honey)
Some wonderbringers for me this week:
Secrets of the bees: Revealing the sneaky genius of nature's brightest thinkers. New science is showing that nature’s vital pollinators are smarter than we ever imagined. Here’s why that discovery should change what we think about one of the world’s most important animals.
Mad honey: “‘Don’t eat two big spoons of mad honey a day,’ read the awkward warning on the side of the jar. But by the time I read it, I had already gulped down three.” Nepal’s Apis dorsata laboriosa is the largest honeybee in the world and its nectar boasts hallucinogenic properties. (Effects documented from 401 BC, when Greek soldiers indulged in a similar honey and were debilitated with intoxication.)
Listen: A linguistic mystery: Bees have coexisted with us for over a millennium, and yet the exact origin of "bee" itself remains a linguistic mystery largely because of the insect's long history on the planet. Because bees and beekeeping have existed for millions of years, it’s difficult to trace the etymology.
Wondermaker of the week: Bees are critical to the world's ecosystems, and this past week was World Bee Day. Watch this incredible film celebrating the story of a group of women in Makongeni, Kenya, whose work looking after bees has protected a whole ecosystem.
With wonder,
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