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Donny

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Registered: 2018-03-09

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[Suggestion] Bee hives and candles

Bee hives that can be found in the wild.

Wild bee hives could be harvested for honey and/or wax, using a long stick or branch.

Bee swarms could potentially be domesticated. Artificial bee houses could be made from reed or something alike, and then the bee queen has to be caught and brought there for a swarm to settle. Reaching the bee queen requires to disperse/stun the wild swarm first, by using a firebrand or making a fire below the bee hive to smoke the bees out.

Honey could be used as food or ingridient.
Wax could be used to
- make candles (with thread). The main purpose of a candle is to hold fire for a very long time, so you can easily rekindle cooking fires and ovens by using just a long shaft and a burning candle
- other processes like leather working or making wax writing tablets

Bee hives could be highly sought after by bears, giving another incentive for hunting parties to form and clear out the bear population.

I think it´d be a neat idea for entry level technology.

Last edited by Donny (2018-03-09 14:06:13)

ned

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Registered: 2018-03-06

Posts: 72

Re: [Suggestion] Bee hives and candles

I love this idea! You've given it some good thought, no doubt. While it would make a great intro mechanism to keep fires going, if I remember right, animal lard was the predominant source of wax. Now that we have boiling water for dyes, I bet tallow and such will be coming soon, such that it could be a really industrious way to produce wax.

Last edited by ned (2018-03-09 14:43:04)

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Donny

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Registered: 2018-03-09

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Re: [Suggestion] Bee hives and candles

I think it requires very specialist knowledge to get lard from animals. Bee wax might be a bit more natural for people to figure out, I thought.

Also, if Jason really ever implants a decay feature, then honey could be an early preservant.

ameliewilde

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Registered: 2018-03-07

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Re: [Suggestion] Bee hives and candles

Jason created a subreddit where he will check out the most upvoted suggestions periodically.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OneLifeSuggestions/

NIKS YMNI GNIL WARK

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Registered: 2018-03-06

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Re: [Suggestion] Bee hives and candles

amazing idea maybe poison extraction from bees?

Potjeh

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Registered: 2018-03-08

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Re: [Suggestion] Bee hives and candles

I think it requires very specialist knowledge to get lard from animals.

You just cut the raw fat into little cubes and boil it in a cauldron for two hours of so. Like 90% of the mass turns into lard, and the leftover is delicious cracklings. Source: I do this every winter when I help my family butcher and process the pigs we raise.