Some myth and science about our pollinator friends!

*Correction note! 3 million years, in reference to cave art, should be 300,000.*

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Bibliography:

Bartolotti, Laura and Cecilia Costa. "Chemical Communication in the Honey Bee Society." In Neurobiology of Chemical Communication. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2014. 

"Bees." The National Wildlife Federation. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Bees.

 "Bumblebees vs. Honeybees: What's the Difference, and Why Does it Matter?" Student Conservation Association. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.thesca.org/connect/blog/bumblebees-vs-honeybees-what%E2%80%99s-difference-and-why-does-it-matter?

The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Bee." Encyclopaedia Britannica. December 13, 2021. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/animal/bee.

Hirst, K. Kris. "Ancient Maya Beekeeping: The Stingless Bee in Pre-Columbian America." ThoughtCo. May 11, 2018. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-maya-beekeeping-169364.

Horn, Tammy. Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.

"The Sacred Bee: Ancient India." Planet Bee Foundation. December 5, 2017. Accessed April 6, 2022. https://www.planetbee.org/planet-bee-blog//the-sacred-bee-bees-in-ancient-india-and-china-7tmcx. 

Weber, Ella. "Apis mellifera: The Domestication and Spread of European Honey Bees for Agriculture in North America." University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal 9 (2012). 

Another look at some legends from the Emerald Isle!

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Bibliography:

“The Boyhood Deeds of Cu Chulainn.” Ancient Irish Tales. Edited and translated by Tim Cross and Haris Slover. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1996. 

The Boyish Exploits of Finn. Translated by Kuno Meyer, edited by Beatrix Farber. University College, Cork. 

Cartwright, Mark. "Cu Chulainn." World History Encyclopedia. February 3, 2021. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/Cu_Chulainn/#:~:text=Koo%2Dkul%2Din)%2C,from%20only%20a%20single%20strike.

"Cycle of the Kings." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford Reference. Accessed March 18, 2022.  https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095655734.  

The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "The Cattle Raid of Cooley." The Encyclopaedia Britannica. September 25, 2007. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Cattle-Raid-of-Cooley. 

The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Cu Chulainn." Encyclopaedia Britannica. October 17, 2021. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cu-Chulainn.

"Fionn Mac Cumhail." Discovering Ireland Vacations. 2022. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.discoveringireland.com/fionn-mac-cumhail/. 

"Giant's Causeway and the Causeway Coast." United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/369/.

The Cattle-Raid of Cooley. Translated by Joseph Dunn and compiled by Steve Taylor, 1999. Accessed March 18, 2022. http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/Cooley/.

Usman, Max. "Once Upon a Time, Irish Mythology Crash Course." Lewis and Clark University. 2019. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/blogs/68-once-upon-a-time-irish-mythology-crash-course#:~:text=Basically%20all%20of%20Irish%20mythology,the%20stories%20from%20those%20cycles.

A little history of the fruits we take for granted! 

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"Buddha's Hand Citron." Citrus Variety Collection. University of California at Riverside. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/buddha.html

"Citrus Fruits 2020 Summary." United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. August 2020. Accessed February 15, 2022. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/cfrt0820.pdf

Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences. Edited by Cora Linn Daniel and Prof. C.M. Stevans. University Press of the Pacific: 1903.

Geisseler, Daniel and William R. Horwath. "Citrus Production in California". UC Davis. Accessed February 15, 2022. https://apps1.cdfa.ca.gov/FertilizerResearch/docs/Citrus_Production_CA.pdf

Langgut, Dafna. "The Citrus Route Revealed: From Southeast Asia into the Mediterranean." HortScience 52 no. 6, 2017. 

Mansky, Jackie. "Why We Should Bring Back the Tradition of the Christmas Orange." Smithsonian Magazine. December 21, 2018. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-we-should-bring-back-tradition-christmas-orange-180971101/

Meer, Wouter van der. "The History of Citrus in the Low Countries During the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age." In Agrumed: Archeology and History of Citrus Fruit in the Mediterranean. Edited by Veronique Zech-Matterne and Girolamo Fiorentino. Naples: Publications du Centre Jean Berard, 2017. 

Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia. Edited by John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq. London: Taylor and Francis, 1855. 

Scora, Rainer W. "IX. On The History and Origin of Citrus." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 102 no. 6, 1975. 369-375. 

White, Marcus. "James Lind: The Man Who Helped to Cure Scurvy with Lemons." BBC News. October 4, 2016. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-37320399