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honey bees are not native to north america. Native Americans called them "white man's flies" (or should I not be learning history by watching westerns?)
by fsckboy 4y ago
honey bees are not native to north america. Native Americans called them "white man's flies" (or should I not be learning history by watching westerns?)
- tomrod 4y agoHoney bees, sure, but there are plenty of native bee species to North America.
- ed25519FUUU 4y agoThee native bees are also about 100x better at pollinating than honeybees.
- kibwen 4y agoThat list of native bees includes bumblebees, in case anybody was conflating them with honeybees.
- timeon 4y agoSo that is why corn syrup is popular in US?
- boomboomsubban 4y agoCorn syrup is/was more used as a cheaper alternative for maple syrup and sugar. The relative unpopularity of honey probably has more to do with sugar plantations making sugar somewhat affordable.
- fsckboy 4y agopeople are sensitive on the honey topic, but since I learned how hard it was to distinguish natural honey from fake honey (you need NMR or something), I've just been wondering why don't we all just use cheap fake honey?
- throwaway892238 4y agoIf you want to support local farmers, buy local honey. You can go look at their bees if you don't believe them, and it supports the local economy. And, honestly, the range of flavors in real wildflower, orange blossom, clover, sage, buckwheat, etc honey is amazing. I don't use honey all that often, so I spring for the good stuff and drizzle it on fresh fruit, toast, tea, oatmeal, etc. It keeps basically forever so I have various little jars from places I've visited, and now and then I'll crack one open.