[HN Gopher] The Maraschino Mogul (2018)
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       The Maraschino Mogul (2018)
        
       Author : Geekette
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2022-06-14 09:04 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.newyorker.com)
        
       | whoisstan wrote:
       | I always loved the trucks outside of the factory.
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       | https://www.flickr.com/photos/whoisstan/52146306564/in/datep...
        
       | dusted wrote:
       | I cannot find out if I've hit the paywall or the article was just
       | very short ? Last sentence reads
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       | > Though circumstances put Mondella and the bees on opposite
       | sides of an issue, the beekeepers still speak admiringly of him,
       | and express regret at his unhappy end.
        
         | sunsetandlabrea wrote:
         | https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fma...
        
         | zwirbl wrote:
         | Paywall, the article is quite long
        
       | noisy_boy wrote:
       | So many words but not one picture of a red bee.
        
         | moistly wrote:
         | Perhaps a blue bee will satisfy?
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         | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/blue-bee-feare...
        
       | minsc_and_boo wrote:
       | Sad that the idea of facing the punishment for growing marijuana
       | pushed him to suicide. I wonder if he would have felt differently
       | today, with changed attitudes over the past decade.
        
         | MengerSponge wrote:
         | It's not just the weed. The punishment for money laundering/tax
         | evasion is pretty substantial too.
        
       | WaitWaitWha wrote:
       | I do not think the bees turned red. The honey might, but not
       | necessarily the bees. The article implies this through out.
       | 
       | Found some pictures of red honey in comb.
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       | https://us.latinhoneyshop.com/blogs/news/the-mystery-of-red-...
        
         | jjulius wrote:
         | Your link suggests that the bees appeared red as a result:
         | 
         | >The bees were returning back to the hives with a bright red
         | substance glowing through the membrance of their stomachs.
        
       | aqme28 wrote:
       | The title on HN reads (2010) but this article is from 2018.
        
         | amself wrote:
         | the events took place in 2010.
        
           | aqme28 wrote:
           | Opening paragraph of the article: "Up until the moment of his
           | death, on February 24, 2015..."
        
       | ur-whale wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/3whXN
        
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