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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Maya Beekeeping
I never cease to amaze myself at the things I find interesting: National Geographic reports on the threat posed by Africanized honeybees (introduced by Europeans) to the Maya beekeeping tradition that has been around for thousands of years. Apparently the Africanized bees don't play well with the stingless meliponine, which are native to the Yucatán. You would think the colonists would be satisfied decimating the native human population, but they just had to go for the bees as well...
Posted by Will at June 28, 2005 10:34 PM in Maya Archaeology