Secret Word Game
News Flash! We have a WINNER in the September Secret Word game!
The Winner is—drum roll, please—robin711! And the word is “nectar.” Robin wrote the winning word in her post about Christmas from the Heart.
It was a close game this month. With only two days left, no one had written the word! In the end, it was a narrow victory. Here are the two timestamps from Honeybees Cathy and robin711.
- Cathy | 1 | 29th September 2009 at 11:15 am (comment)
- robin711 Published on: Sep 29, 2009 @ 11:14 am (post)
Congratulations, Robin! You’ve won prizes and kudos. I’ll be in touch soon. 😉
September is National Honey Month.
Obviously, the word ‘honey’ would have been, well, too obvious! Gotta make the game challenging, so I searched for another word and found some interesting information about nectar, the drink of the gods in ancient Greece.
Although its main ingredient is natural sugar (i.e.,sucrose, glucose, and fructose), nectar is a brew of many chemicals. For example, the nicotiana attenuata, a tobacco plant native to the US state of Utah, uses several volatile aromas to attract pollinating birds and moths. The strongest such aroma is benzyl acetone, but the plant also adds bitter nicotine, which is less aromatic and therefore may not be detected by the bird until after taking a drink. Researchers speculate the purpose of this addition is to drive the bird away after only a sip, motivating it to visit other plants to fill its hunger, and therefore maximizing the pollination efficiency gained by the plant for a minimum nectar output.
Source: Wiki about nectar
Secret Word Game for September 2009
“Bee” the first to type the Secret Word in a post or comment this month and you’ll receive KUDOS and prizes! Write the way you normally do. Minja — that’s yours truly — will look for the Secret Word. The first Honeybee to use the Secret Word wins. After someone wins, the Secret Word will be announced. Then all Honeybees can write a new post using the Secret Word. As David Archuleta puts the finishing touches on his holiday album, Christmas from the Heart, let’s make September a great month for creating Sweet Buzz for him.
Good luck!
HINT #1: a chemical brew
HINT #2: elixir
HINT #3: ambrosia
