stephen parlin @smparlin@TheEdVerse
How common was bee keeping in the realms for honey and wax? Is it safe to assume that bees would have been the only source of wax?— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 14, 2021
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Beekeeping is very common, wherever the climate allows. Honey keeps forever, and so is THE sweetener in much of the Realms.
But “wool wax” (lanolin) from sheep is also known and used in temperate and cold regions, and waxes… 2)
…are also derived from whales (especially in cold regions like Fireshear and Ironmaster).
In the Utter East and Var the Golden and Raurin, more wax is derived from scale insects than bees.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 14, 2021