This is my book on folklore and rural crafts, which has a whole chapter on bees and beekeeping (and also lots of other things which would make it a great fit for the MERL shop!)
But I can't do much on the folklore of bidets I'm afraid
At our @mbchimp.bsky.social field site in northern Guinea the bees like to nest inside of the long drop toilet.. this makes the need to drop trousers over it an outstanding exercise in core body stability and maintenance of calming thoughts...
the history of bees is extremely well-represented in our library. our Cowan Bee Collection is an a to bee to z of bee lit, and has been described as the 'most comprehensive collection of its kind in the world.'
I don’t know how common this is in other Anglophone lands, but in US some (terrible! lazy!) ppl write “Happy Bday” for “Happy Birthday” and so that led to my friends and me wishing each other Happy Bidet for years.
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But I can't do much on the folklore of bidets I'm afraid
https://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/p71/Telling_the_Bees%3A_Folklore_and_Rural_Craft.html
Thanks :)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/17GHnDO0ArU?start=3&end=48
#fieldworkfail #gonechimping 🧪
And the bee days abuzz with activity!
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/cowan-bee-collection/
(COWAN BEE COLLECTION–0030)
https://bsky.app/profile/oldeluke.bsky.social/post/3lplvwwgwe226
https://bsky.app/profile/heyheyitssteve.bsky.social/post/3lplw3uaxw22f
Actually no, don’t answer that question, I think I’ve pretty much decided already, thanks.
In the future I shall be more careful on what I sit.