Do you want to know the secrets of the bees? So do we! In this bonus episode, Jenny and Annie speak to author Diana Gabaldon known for her bestselling Outlander series of novels. We are celebrating the highly-anticipated release of Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone on November 23rd 2021. Diana discusses her interest and research into Scottish heritage, culture, and folklore. 

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References:

Bygone Bee-Keeping, Alloa Advertiser - Saturday 05 December 1874.

Edith Sellers, Superstition without rhyme or reason, The Queen (London Newspaper), September 1899.

Old Bridal Customs, Dundee Courier, January 1950.

Serving Bees at a Funeral, Drogheda Journal, or Meath & Louth Advertiser, September 1826.

William Sharp, The winged destiny: studies in the spiritual history of the Gael, 1910.