Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why honey is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR KATIE GOLDIN:
- Katie Goldin on Bluesky
- @ProBirdRights on Bluesky
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
- When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide (Audubon)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Scientists think this orange goo is 2,500-year-old honey (Popular Science)
- Is this what 2,500-year-old honey looks like? (American Chemical Society)
- Eight foods that (nearly) last forever (The Conversation)
- The World’s Oldest Jar Of Honey Is From 3500 BC (TastingTable.com)
- Why We Tell Bees About Death (Gastro Obscura)
- The Science Behind Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life (Smithsonian Magazine)
- The Remarkable Honey Bee: Beeswax (The American Bee Journal)
- Mergers, twists, and pentagons: The architecture of honeycombs (Ars Technica)
- Why Does Honey Come in Bear-Shaped Bottles? (Mental Floss)
- Honey business booms at Dutch Gold Honey (Central Penn Business Journal)
- Ask A Wildlife Biologist: Do Bears Really Eat Honey (Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
- These ants are ballooning with microbe-killing honey (Science)
- Honeypot Ants Turn Their Biggest Sisters Into Jugs of Nectar (PBS ‘Deep Look’)
- NCI Drug Dictionary: Manuka honey (U.S. NIH / National Cancer Institute)
- When Life Gave Pennsylvania Spotted Lanternflies, Its Bees Made Spotted Lanternfly Honey (Gastro Obscura)
- Honey flavor reaches new depths with… spotted lanternfly droppings (NPR)
- Bee gold: Honey as a superfood (Knowable Magazine)
- Honey as a Functional Food for Apis mellifera (Annual Review of Entomology)
- Honey as a superfood: can it really heal wounds, fight superbugs and provide sweet relief for coughs? (The Guardian)
- What Is Raw Honey? — A Guide to Buying, Using, and Storing Raw Honey (The Spruce Eats)
- Drugs & Supplements: Honey (Mayo Clinic)
- Queen bees are violently ousted if worker bees smell weakness (Popular Science)
- Honey Bees on Notre-Dame’s Roof Survived the Fire (Smithsonian Magazine)
- American Honey Still Contains Nuclear Fallout From the 1950s (Popular Mechanics)
- A taste of radioactive honey: The long-lived legacies of nuclear testing (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Bees
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Brown Bears
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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