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Podcast: Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast
Episode: Retro 81 Queen Bee
Description: This week mixes entomology with etymology as Dan explores the phrase Queen Bee. For thousands of years we called them King Bees, despite knowing for a good portion of that time the leader of the honey bee colony was female. Spoiler alert: It's Aristotle's fault. Well, his and everyone else who contributed (and still contributes) to systemic discrimination in nearly all our institutions. But thanks to Charles Butler and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Bee broke free! Â We have earworms, Twitter threads, and long book titles in store for this week's Bunny Trails! Â Copyright 2022 by The Readiness Corner, LL...