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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by scrumper on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:42PM (#16624894)
'Noa' is a Polynesian term apparently; basically it's the opposite of 'taboo' (also Polynesian.)

It's not on the face of it a very confidence-inspiring source, but r/askhistorians is as good as Reddit gets, and the poster here wrote an actual book on the subject. Give it a read: https://thingsonreddit.com/things/13812/comments/

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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by portofcall on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:45PM (#16624900)
I love /r/askhistorians, they have fantastic contributions and moderation. Thanks very much for this.
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