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[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

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