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 A collection of Honeybee core Python libraries and extensions.
 
 Note that this Python package and corresponding repository does not contain any source
-code and it simply exists to provide a shortcut for installing all of the honeybee
+code and simply exists to provide a shortcut for installing all of the honeybee
 extension packages together.
 
 ## Installation