Oh, hey, it's that sweater that lives in the backseat.

Alley Ward, I'm here with episode number four of smallogies.

Smallogies, if you're like, what's that?

There are bite-sized classroom-friendly edits of our original

Oligis classics.

So if you haven't heard the original Melatology Bees episode and you don't mind

swearing and juicy sometimes filthy details, stop what you're doing

and listen to that version at the link in the show notes.

But if you need a shorter, g-rated, directors cut, you're in the right place.

So this episode still has me buzzing around the room with excitement because it's all about bees.

So Melatology, by the way, comes from the Greek for bee.

So everyone you know, named Melissa, their name means bee.

Go tell Melissa that fun fact.

So I met today'sologist in Portland where she is a

Melatologist and President of the Urban Bee Keepers Association there.

And after we recorded in 2018, she decided to start her own amazing podcast

called Be Keeper Confidential.

And if that wasn't enough, she also was the founder of Bella Beek,

a company that creates made-to-order bee veils.

So get ready to find out all about bee bread, what colors make you most attractive to bees?

Who has stingers and why?

Why agricultural honey bee populations are threatened?

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