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Could honey bees best explain how sanctions are supposed to work? To prevent bloodshed, sanctions are meant to to take down an opponent by a collective effort. That's how bees do it? How do we do it? In this episode we learn a lot about bees and draw some sticky connections and analogies to current global politics.

Alex Pedersen is the past president of the Limestone Beekeepers’ Guild and currently a beekeeper in the Kingston Ontario area. Alex got her start in beekeeping as an undergrad through apiculture classes at the University of Guelph. She spends her spare time in the garden tending to the bees, supporting local beekeepers, and providing education about pollinators to local community groups and schools. In 2022, Alex was named a national “Volunteer of the Year” for her dedication to Science Rendezvous, a national organization encouraging children and their families to engage with and enjoy science, for her beekeeping displays with the Limestone Beekeepers’ Guild.

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