A Short History on Bee Keeping
Beekeeping goes back thousands of years. There is evidence from cave paintings that some of the earliest honey collections date from 13,000 BC. Originate from. C. And we know that the Egyptians raised bees based on very old drawings by beekeepers in the Niuserre Sun Temple of the V Dynasty (before 2422 BC). The drawing shows the beekeepers blowing smoke into the beehives while removing the combs. Honey jars were found in the graves of some pharaohs, including King Tut.
There are also stone age beekeeping cave drawings found in Spain. Cave drawings from 6000 BC C. Show people collecting honey from beehives.
And the Tacuina Sanitatis, a 14th-century medieval handbook, also shows bees and beehives.
That is why we know that beekeeping is a time-honored tradition that goes back thousands of years. And has been for thousands of years. And why shouldn't we humans be beekeepers all the time because honey is so delicious?
Beekeeping was practiced in all societies and on all continents (except Antarctica) around the world. At first, humans simply raided the beehives and destroyed the beehives in the process. But at some point, humans started creating beehives and domesticated bees. Artificial beehives were made in hollow trunks, large ceramic pots, straw baskets, and wooden boxes.
And there is also evidence that ancient Israel had an advanced and highly organized beekeeping system around 3,000 years ago. The archaeologist Amihai Mazar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) found ruins of beehives from 900 BC. And which contained around 100 beehives and more than 1 million bees.
Beekeeping Came to the USA In the 16th and 19th centuries, the first beekeeping system was brought to Pennsylvania by John Harbison. During the Great Depression and World War I, beekeeping became very popular due to sugar/food shortages and high food costs. People ordered beehive equipment from the Sears and Roebuck catalog. The wild bees were then taken from the trees to the newly purchased beehives. People had to take responsibility back then, and beekeeping was of great help to many.
Unfortunately, beekeeping lost its popularity after World War II. But now that the Colony Collapse Disorder (bees are just disappearing from the hives in the US) brings attention to honeybees, more and more people are interested in resuming beekeeping.
This is wonderful news for honey bees and for our food system because without honey bees to pollinate our plants, more than 2/3 would not grow.
And the renewed interest in beekeeping in the backyard isn't just a rural thing. Big cities like Tokyo, Washington, DC, Paris, London, New York, and Berlin promote urban beekeeping. And these are some of the largest urban beekeeping areas in the world.
With scientists still trying to figure out what is causing Colony Collapse Disorder, it is now of vital importance that thousands of people start beekeepers. We need bees to pollinate our plants, flowers, apple trees, and many other plants. Can you imagine a world without honey? I do not want to. I love things.
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Zollie Williams is a writer, photographer, and editor. You enjoy writing articles on a range of topics that interest you.
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