An indigenous Maya beekeeper extracts Melipona honey from a jobón, a hollow log used in a Mayan beekeeping tradition that goes back to before A.D. 1000. (Mark Viales) Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced Monday the discovery of a cache of ancient Maya beekeeping tools [……]
THE WEEKLY QUIZ FROM NPR PUZZLEMASTER WILL SHORTZ https://www.npr.org/2023/07/16/1187565845/sunday-puzzle-two-words-scrambled-please On-air challenge: I’m going to give you some six-letter words. For each one rearrange the letters to get two three-letter words in the same category. Ex. REGALE (parts of the body) –> EAR, LEG 1. BEATEN (insects) 2. GENIAL (alcoholic beverages) [……]
Original photo by Paopano/ Shutterstock You may think your upstairs neighbor’s 1 a.m. vacuuming session is noisy, but it’s nothing compared to what nature (and the occasional human-made marvel) can throw at us. Sounds can injure your ear immediately once they reach 120 decibels, the typical volume of a police siren if [……]
Friday, May 3rd, brought out a small group of 8 for First Friday. Snowbirds have left and with vacations and all, our group was limited this month. Carlo, our keeper of the Shirt Award was also absent on Friday, so no award was presented. Two Daves wore Hawaiian shirts that [……]
American consular officials issued the first passports in the late 1700s. This single sheet of paper was valid for just a few months — a far cry from the current 28-page blue book that’s issued for 10 full years. More Than 143 Million Passports Were in Circulation as of 2020 [……]
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Tourists, owners, and employees all have a part to play in a successful sea turtle nesting season. It’s easy – all we have to do is . . . ♦ Use colored bulbs to light buildings ♦ Pull beach-facing drapes ♦ Move beach chairs up close to the building ♦ [……]
Last week at the Cibanco ATM at the Puerto Aventuras Chedraui mall, a young guy tried to scam me after I had completed my transaction. As I opened the ATM door, he asked if the machine was working. I answered yes. I walked towards Chedraui. He called me back and [……]
Each Spring and Fall, the Library holds a bazaar. Many of you donate clothing, household items, decor and small appliances, which allows you to keep your places cleaned out without throwing away usable items. Then the Library sells these items to the local population for very good prices. People are [……]
In Catholic tradition, May 3rd commemorates the time when Santa Elena, mother of Constantine, the first Holy roman Emperor, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to find the original Holy Cross (“Santa Cruz”). In pre-Hispanic tradition, the date relates to the return of the rains and the Cross of [……]
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