Welcome to Litsy!

The author had a life-altering accident that nearly killed him, forcing him to face solace in his one true love—honey. So he traveled to some of the most remote places on earth to discover the ancient techniques of collecting honey. Being a big fan of bees, I enjoyed his excursions to the ends of the earth to witness death-defying methods to collect honey and one scary chase by undomesticated bees! Highly recommended. #Syria #foodandlit

A little Bush‘s Chicken in my hotel room, my home for the next three days for many meetings with an out of town client. I should finish the tagged book while here and I‘ve made excellent progress with Island Queen during the drive.

The author is seeing the honeycomb of the rock bees in the highest altitudes of Nepal and describes them as “great crescents of honey hanging from the rock face like yellow moons.” So I had to google to see what the heck! The bees do not make honey in any enclosed space. Just crescent-moon-shaped honeycomb! This is crazy! I love how I just learned something so amazing. 🍯

This scene made me laugh—the author loves honey beyond all else and is traveling the world to learn about its ancient origins. But he‘s terrified of bees. I grew up around bees, my dad a hobbyist beekeeper with many hives and was only stung once, when I slapped one on my leg. Oops. Anyway, I get that there are aggressive bees so I‘m sympathetic. But I think this scene proves a point; stay calm; he never was stung. #Syria #foodandlit

The author had to cross the Syrian desert (55 Celsius, 131 degrees Fahrenheit) to find the likely last beekeeper in #Syria keeping bees in the ancient way, in adobe cylinders. Sadly, so far, the varroa mite is destroying bees worldwide. As for Syria, it sounds like the most inhospitable place in the world, and not just its desert. The cities are horrific. Imagining it after the earthquakes is unimaginable. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

I decided this will be my first book for #Syria this month because it‘s for #foodandlit and it‘s about honey!! @Catsandbooks

This book covers some harder to find countries for #readingasia2021 including:

#Lebanon, #Syria, #Nepal, #SriLanka