- Bugonia - Wikipedia
Aristeas and bugonia Virgil's Georgics Lyon 1517 Bugonia ( bjuːˈɡoʊniə ; Ancient Greek: βουγονία bougoníā) was a folk practice in the ancient Mediterranean region based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow 's carcass By extension, it was thought that fumigation with cow dung was beneficial to the health of the hive It is possible that bugonia
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