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[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 6 months ago (1 child)

I’m pretty sure The Hobbit directly mentions bees and hives and honey when they stay at Beorn’s place

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[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

I recall the bees were rather large, what Tolkien would have described as dummy thicc.

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