Wonon

Mayanist scholar Allen J. Christenson (2007: n622) notes that wonon, for present-day K'iche' people, refers to "the honeybee of the stinging type introduced from Europe. Many Quiché communities, particularly in the region around Momostenango, cultivate these bees for their honey. The Precolumbian Maya kept bees and harvested their honey, but these were of a stingless variety. ... Coto lists wonon as a hornet, or the stinger of a wasp or hornet." In the Popol Wuj, wonon certainly sting, as do their related insect weapon, sita'l (wasps). They are used to enact revenge in various moments, such as Majuk'utaj's painted cloak that Ixtaj and Ixpuch use to defeat Tojil.

En su edición poética en k'iche', el lingüista k'iche' Sam Colop (1999: 152) usa wonon y sita'l para "abejorros" y "avispas" y, a veces, aqaj para "abejas." No comenta sobre el uso o el significado de los animales en la cultura o la historia k'iche'.