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Much like you, I see a multitude of bullshit fake news on the web in the course of a single day. Most goes in one eye and\u2026 out the other? Is that even a thing? Sometimes I see something that peaks my morbid curiosity and I have to fact-check them myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Jeremy Bentham\u2019s skeleton and severed head<\/a>. Yeah. Go check THAT shit out and come back here. I\u2019ll wait. Pretty gnarly aye?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another that garnered my attention was something called a vulture bee<\/a>. As the name implies these bees feed off carcasses instead of pollen<\/a>. They burrow into a dead animal, usually via the eye socket (just like a maggot), feed off the dead meat which is then brought back to the hive, regurgitated for the worker vulture bees, who in turn produce a \u201cmeat honey\u201d from this putrefied flesh. Unlike regular bees they don\u2019t go after pollen. Nor do they make an abundance of their precious meat-honey. Apparently it is so exquisite that they make just enough to sustain their hive – unlike regular pollen-honey producing bees who provide an over abundance of the heavenly concoction that has always adorned my cabinet with its presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now if you\u2019re sick like me, you have to be wondering what this honey would taste like, right? Meaty? From what I can gather, those who have had the testicular fortitude to taste such a rare and limited treat, have described it as smokey, salty, intense. Even, uniquely sweet. I\u2019m getting the Meat Sweats<\/a> just thinking about it. Perhaps drizzle it over a medium-rare ribeye? Glorious!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and they are also are part of the Meliponines tribe of bees which are distinctly unique in that they don\u2019t have stingers. Probably a good thing. Can you imagine getting stung by one after they\u2019ve been crawling around the inside of roadkill? Who knows what kind of virus we\u2019d be introducing ourselves to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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