Bees Part 1: Sexual Fatality

We're back!

In the first of our three part series about beekeeping, we talk about bees themselves and the history of honey.

Next episode we pick up with all the other ways that bees can make YOU lots of money $$$$

Feel we haven't covered every cool bee fact? Send us an email at [e-mail].

Our intro and outro music is by Commuted. Find him at https://commuted.bandcamp.com/

Our art is by Zachary Groombridge. Adapted by our own Kellie Macdonald.

Sources for this series:

Books

Wilson, Bee. The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us. St. Martin's Press, NY, 2004

Gaiman, Neil. American Gods. Headline, London, 2001

Podcasts

https://maximumfun.org/episodes/sawbones/sawbones-honey/

Web

https://www.ontariobee.com

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074882/

https://apitherapy.com/

https://examine.com/other/honey/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32817011/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/food-fraud-fake-honey-cfia-crackdown-1.5222486

https://www.insider.com/fake-honey-problems-how-it-works-2020-9

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-honey/u-s-charges-five-in-honeygate-anti-dumping-probe-idUSL1N0BKCRX20130220

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-science-behind-honeys-eternal-shelf-life-1218690/?no-ist

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