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[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 39 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In one detailed study of Trigona hypogea in Brazil, the vulture bees mixed sugary plant products with a proteinaceous paste from regurgitated meat, and let it mature to form a sweet substance that was used as food; however, the two resources were initially kept in separate "pots" in the colony, neither being true honey (i.e., not derived from nectar), but they were then mixed together.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

probably dint want the protein/meat to spoil plant fermentation.