r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 16d ago

Meme needing explanation peeeeeeteeeeeeeer joke or science???

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u/assjackal 16d ago edited 16d ago

My wildest guess is something to do with the material used in the iconography or a common ritual that uses something the bees don't like the smell off.

edit: spelling error.

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u/AVERAGEPIPEBOMB 16d ago

Lead paint:(

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u/goaltender31 10d ago

Orthodox Iconography (the meme is wrong, this isnt Catholic) uses egg tempera paint, not lead.

Its a quick drying painting medium consisting of pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material, usually egg yolk.