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An entry in the Pet Simulator series, Pet Simulator X sparked controversy among the Roblox community when the developers, BIG Games, integrated non-fungible tokens into the game, the first ever instance of such on the platform. [76] [non-primary source needed] [77] The game has been played over 5 billion times as of January 2023. [78]
The word mamori ( 守り) means 'protection', with omamori being the sonkeigo (honorific) form of the word. Originally made from paper or wood, modern amulets are small items usually kept inside a brocade bag and may contain a prayer, religious inscription of invocation. [ 1] Omamori are available at both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples ...
Gris-gris ( / ˈɡriːˌɡriː /, also spelled grigri, and sometimes also "gregory" or "gerregery") [ 1] is a Voodoo amulet originating in West Africa which is believed to protect the wearer from evil or bring luck, [ 2] and in some West African countries is used as a purported method of birth control. It consists of a small cloth bag, usually ...
Demaree also described a swarm prevention method in 1884, but that was a two-hive system that is unrelated to modern "demareeing". As with many swarm prevention methods, demareeing involves separating of the queen and forager bees from the nurse bees. The theory is that forager bees will think that the hive has swarmed if there is a drastic ...
Buckfast bee. Breeder in 2015. The Buckfast bee is a breed of honey bee, a cross of many subspecies and their strains, developed by Brother Adam (born Karl Kehrle in 1898 in Germany), who was in charge of beekeeping from 1919 at Buckfast Abbey in Devon in the United Kingdom. Breeding of the Buckfast bee is now done by breeders throughout Europe ...
Anglo-Saxon metrical charms were sets of instructions generally written to magically resolve a situation or disease. Usually, these charms involve some sort of physical action, including making a medical potion, repeating a certain set of words, or writing a specific set of words on an object. These Anglo-Saxon charms tell a great deal about ...
Beeswax. A beekeeper from Vojka, Serbia, making a bee hive frame. Beeswax (also known as cera alba) is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal segments of worker bees, which discard it in or at the hive. The hive workers collect and use it to form cells ...
Bombus pascuorum. Bombus pascuorum, the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges. It is similar in appearance to Bombus ...