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| number = 2231 | | number = 2231 | ||
| date = November 20, 2019 | | date = November 20, 2019 | ||
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| image = the_time_before_and_after_land.png | | image = the_time_before_and_after_land.png | ||
| titletext = According to Google, "the time for Beeland" is apparently whenever you're looking for delicious honey in Spillimacheen, British Columbia or a hexagonal chalet in the Savinja valley in Slovenia. | | titletext = According to Google, "the time for Beeland" is apparently whenever you're looking for delicious honey in Spillimacheen, British Columbia or a hexagonal chalet in the Savinja valley in Slovenia. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a BEE ON THYME. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
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This comic indulges in some wordplay on the title of the 1988 animated movie ''{{w|The Land Before Time (franchise)|The Land Before Time}}'', which takes place millions of years ago in the time of dinosaurs. | This comic indulges in some wordplay on the title of the 1988 animated movie ''{{w|The Land Before Time (franchise)|The Land Before Time}}'', which takes place millions of years ago in the time of dinosaurs. | ||
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The title text is for the phrase "the time for Beeland" and lists 2 places (that Randall found on Google) with the name "Beeland": [http://beeland.ca/ a market in Spillimacheen, British Columbia] or [http://www.apartmajimozirje.si/en/beeland/ a chalet in Slovenia]. | The title text is for the phrase "the time for Beeland" and lists 2 places (that Randall found on Google) with the name "Beeland": [http://beeland.ca/ a market in Spillimacheen, British Columbia] or [http://www.apartmajimozirje.si/en/beeland/ a chalet in Slovenia]. | ||
− | Bees | + | Bees is a [[:Category:Bees|recurring topic]] on xkcd. |
===Explanation of time ranges on the chart=== | ===Explanation of time ranges on the chart=== | ||
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|Big Bang | |Big Bang | ||
|Ground-nesting bees evolve | |Ground-nesting bees evolve | ||
− | |This time range also includes the formation of the Earth, a necessary precondition for bees to evolve. | + | |This time range also includes the formation of the Earth, a necessary precondition for bees to evolve. Any time before the evolution of bees could be considered "The time before bees". While the chart does not account for the possibility that non-ground-nesting bees may have existed prior to ground-nesting ones, evidence strongly suggests that the common ancestor to all bees nested in the ground rather than forming hives. |
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|'''The land before thyme''' | |'''The land before thyme''' | ||
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|Now | |Now | ||
|Bees are flying insects, and therefore must land in order to rest before taking off again. Now that thyme has evolved, bees are able to land on thyme plants. This is a play on two different meanings of the word "land"; as a noun, it means solid ground, but here, it is a verb which means to alight or stop flying. | |Bees are flying insects, and therefore must land in order to rest before taking off again. Now that thyme has evolved, bees are able to land on thyme plants. This is a play on two different meanings of the word "land"; as a noun, it means solid ground, but here, it is a verb which means to alight or stop flying. | ||
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[[Category:Fiction]] | [[Category:Fiction]] | ||
[[Category:Bees]] | [[Category:Bees]] | ||
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[[Category:Puns]] | [[Category:Puns]] |