STORY BY TIERA N. WRIGHT ISTOCK PHOTOS
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Let’s Get
Buzzed
rrivederci brownies, gummies, and chocolates; move over lotions, bath bombs and seltzers, it’s been real. With a growing trend of cannabis infused topicals, beverages, and foods— cannabis infused honey, with its versatility and DIY recipes, is on the rise (or is it getting high). No matter, getting buzzed isn’t reserved for just alcohol anymore; just ask the honeybees. As the survival of honeybees becomes more tenuous due to pesticides, climate change, etc., people are continuously discovering their integral role in our everyday lives. Like the crops they pollinate are dependent on them, honeybees are equally dependent on the pollen and nectar they collect, as it’s their number one source for food which has a sliding scale of nutritional value that affect the bees’ overall health and sustainability. With their “‘fingers’ in many pots” or literally speaking their hairs picking up and dropping off pollen to and from numerous plants, honeybees are responsible for pollinating crops such as almonds, apples, blueberries, cherries, and broccoli, as well as sunflowers and lavender. With that being said, their number one export is, of course, honey.
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