#2231: The Time Before and After Land
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[Caption at top of panel:]
(Timeline not to scale)
[A timeline is shown with two endpoints and five other points. The points are labeled:]
Big Bang
Rocky planets form
Earth forms
Ground-nesting bees evolve
The Land Before Time
Thymus genus diverges
Now
[Below the timeline are five overlapping time periods in three rows. The text is between two thick black bars. The time periods all start and end at two different points.]
[Big Bang to Rocky Planets Form:]
The Time Before Land
[Big Bang to Ground-Nesting Bees Evolve:]
The Time Before bees
[Rocky Planets Form to Thymus Genus Diverges:]
The Land Before Thyme
[Ground-Nesting Bees evolve to Now:]
Time for Land Bees!
[Thymus Genus Diverges to Now:]
Bees Land on Thyme
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text: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.