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minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoCould be related to the term Bugonia that they made that recent movie not-exactly about. From Wikipedia: “Bugonia was a folk practice in the ancient Mediterranean region based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass.” So in the old days, they saw bees coming out of rotting cows (maybe these here vampar bees) and said “that’s where bees come from”
minus-squarejuliebean@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoprobably unrelated. vulture bees are from south america. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee
Could be related to the term Bugonia that they made that recent movie not-exactly about. From Wikipedia:
“Bugonia was a folk practice in the ancient Mediterranean region based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass.”
So in the old days, they saw bees coming out of rotting cows (maybe these here vampar bees) and said “that’s where bees come from”
probably unrelated. vulture bees are from south america.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee