Know your Beekeepers
The collecting honey dates back to 15,000 years ago, Egyptian art shows beekeeping around 4,500 years ago. In the early 18th century Europeans built moveable comb hives so that honey can be harvested and not destroy the entire colony. Wild bees became domesticated in artificial hive like logs, wooden boxes, pottery, and woven baskets...
ARISTOTLE: Greek philosopher Aristotle was famed for his observations of nature, including bees from his own hives. Though not always perfectly accurate, Aristotle’s observations were for many years the basis of western knowledge about the animal kingdom. In his text A History of Animals, Aristotle describes drones and ruler bees (though he calls them kings rather than queens), the order of a hive, and the making of honey....
Bees, honey and beekeeping have been mentioned in various Hindu Vedic scriptures of India like Rig Veda, Atharva Veda, Upanishads,Bhagavad Gita, Markandeya Purana, Raj Nighantu, Bharat Samhita, Arthashastra, and Amar Kosha. Various Buddhist scriptures likeVinaya Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka and Jataka tales also mention bees and honey....