Evidence dating back from the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago, shows the first links between humans and the wild honey bee. As humans shifted from a hunter-gatherer society towards farming crops and domesticated animals, apiculture (beekeeping) was formed. During this period in time, humans shifted from hunting wild hives for honey to beekeeping domesticated hives. Ancient pottery dates beekeeping to about 9,000 years ago in Europe, East and […]
Beekeeping History
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