> >She demands that I teach her a new "bee fact"
> every day
> >over breakfast, so highly obscure bee trivia from other
>
> > beekeepers would be especially enjoyed.
>
This is wonderful--I hope more people contribute.
I don't know how "highly" obscure this is, but it's one of my favorites. Amos Root, despite inventing the smoker, was very anti-smoking. He promised a free bee smoker to anyone who wrote him saying they'd quit smoking cigarettes.
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