Retro 81 Queen Bee
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast
English - June 15, 2022 12:00 - 35 minutes - 29.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHistory Education Language Learning idiom whimsy books geek nerd quirky whimsical words writer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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! We have earworms, Twitter threads, and long book titles in store for this week's Bunny Trails!
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