North American killer bees are hybrids, the offspring of relatively placid European bees — the kind
favored by honey producers — and an aggressive African species that earned its nickname by reputedly stinging to death small animals.
Another classic was a first - century A.D. piece of satire called the «Satyricon,» in which an obnoxiously wealthy man named Trimalchio throws feasts in which he serves dishes like dormice rolled in
honey and poppy seeds, a rabbit with wings attached so that it looked like Pegasus, and a huge boar surrounding
by suckling pigs, which the guests could take away like party
favors.