Omer 2019 Day 41: Honeybees

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Omer 2019 Day 41: Yesod in Yesod, Foundation in Connection
Honeybees

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Fun Erin fact: When I was little, maybe four or five, I made up a song about honeybees that my parents recorded (on VHS). I am sitting in my pajamas on the floor of our front room in December, waving my hand through the air with my thumb and forefinger pinched together, singing, "Buzz, buzz, buzz. Buzz, buzz, buzz. Ouch! It stung me!"

Stinging aside, honeybees are an important part of our ecosystem. They pollinate plants to help them grow and make delicious honey for us to eat! Each bee has a role (queen, worker, or drone) and they work together to build and maintain their colony. Japanese honey bees have even developed a way to protect their colony against invasive Japanese giant hornets by surrounding the hornet in a massive ball of bees, overwhelming it with their own body heat until it dies.

This year's animal Omer is a collaboration between myself and my friend Halli, a PhD in animal science. Thank you for counting the Omer with us!