I would not want the honey from Resident Evil anywhere near my breakfast.
This one probably needs a NSFW filter, for “I was eating” reasons 😅
NSFE
Bugonia?
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As vulture bee honey is derived from animal flesh, it is not suitable for vegetarians.
Phew that’s good to know! Nearly gourged myself on some corpse honey
Honey produced by vulture bees is a pleasant tasting and sweet smelling honey-like liquid.
It’s strange that it doesn’t taste like rotten flesh.
I read it tastes a bit more like cheese/butter.
Thank you, this comment made me feel unwell
They need to make a Dominion 2 just for this kinda shit
I think I saw that in Dead Space
Was about to say, this is some resident evil type shit
was just about to say this looks like doom demon hives
Using their extra-toothed mandible, they will slice and chew the flesh off, coating the meat in their acid-rich saliva before consumption. The bee will transport the chewed carrion back to the colony where it’s regurgitated into wax pots, different from the honey pots.
Here, the meat will be mixed with honey and left to mature over a period of 14 days. During this curing time, it will become a paste-like substance that is rich in free amino acids and sugars. This paste is fed to their young, who need it to grow.
So basically a potted meat but with sugar instead of fat. Apparently they also keep normal honey that’s separate from the meat honey. Bees are so fucking cool.
They are also stingless, how interesting.
Rotted bee vomit. No thx
Regurgitated rotten flesh bee vomit* :)
Correct. Bee vomit doesn’t rot.
a smoky, salty, and savory taste rather than being sweet https://beezzit.com/blogs/news/meat-honey-the-strange-secret-of-vulture-bees
That hive looks like I’m not high enough level to fight whatever is in there.
"meat honey"
The vulture bee is sometimes said to produce a so-called “meat honey”, but this is a misnomer resulting from scientific uncertainty, due to historic confusion of multiple species, each with a slightly different method of processing.
In one detailed study of Trigona hypogea in Brazil, the vulture bees mixed sugary plant products with a proteinaceous paste from regurgitated meat, and let it mature to form a sweet substance that was used as food; however, the two resources were initially kept in separate “pots” in the colony, neither being true honey (i.e., not derived from nectar), but they were then mixed together.
In a different study of Trigona necrophaga in Panama, the bees gathered nectar and produced honey, and they also produced a glandular secretion, derived from carrion, partially metabolized, used as a protein source, and kept completely separate from the honey. In neither case were the bees mixing meat-based substances with floral-derived substances.
Vulture bees usually enter the carcass through the eyes. They will then root around inside gathering the meat suitable for their needs.
There needs to be metal band called Vulture Bees, this is too metal.
Not exactly what you meant, but the first thing that came to mind
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Earth/The_Bees_Made_Honey_in_the_Lion’s_Skull/178274
On bed of mottled rocks Amid flowers cold as ice Pray the weak, the old, the poor And when the tiny one from Heaven comes Crawls inside the chosen skull And when the tiny one it summons the others To crawl inside the chosen skull They build their castles in the heads of kings Bring life to the empty halls They build their castles in the heads of kings And honey will flow once more Once moreAmorphis! Their lyricist does a great job adapting the Finnish spoken histories. ZERO idea if this is one of them, though it references the shores of Tuonela. I highly recommend the clean/acoustic version of My Kantele https://youtu.be/UufaC2TI7dg
Well that was certainly… Something.
In one detailed study of Trigona hypogea in Brazil, the vulture bees mixed sugary plant products with a proteinaceous paste from regurgitated meat, and let it mature to form a sweet substance that was used as food; however, the two resources were initially kept in separate “pots” in the colony, neither being true honey (i.e., not derived from nectar), but they were then mixed together.
So it’s not incorporated in the honey. They have a separate protein stache.
A protein stache would be part of a meat beard.
I’ll keep the typo up because of this <3
And both of these are great metal band names as well.
Fascinating. It’s worth mentioning that (normal) honey can be used to preserve meat, thanks to its antimicrobial and hydrophilic properties. I guess that’s what’s going on here too: they use a kind of nectar honey to keep the meat component from going off. That said, this kind of food preservation isn’t immune to botulism so do be careful if you try this.
Now I’m wondering when/how this behavior evolved. Did these guys come first, and honeybees figured out how to eat pollen as a protein source as an evolutionary step, the other way around, or separately at the same time from some parent species?
I just came into the comments to post that. Thank you!
My mudhoney cover band.
No it’s my Meat Puppets cover band
Every Good Boy Deserves Meat Honey
Superbuzz Meatmuff
Buzzing Barfmunchers
Well, I know what my players are facing next time they venture into the Underdark…
Are they facing the person who decided to test the edibility of the corpse nest?
Now that you mention it, hell yes they are!
