15/01/2023
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THE OLDEST HONEY FARMING DISCOVERED IN THE WORLD, FOUND IN ISRAEL..."A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY"
The Bible refers to Israel as "a land flowing with milk and honey." Because no evidence for bee-keeping had been found until now, "honey" was deemed to mean jam by those who didn't take the interpretation literally.
In 2005, 30 clay cylinders were found in the ancient town of Tel Rehov.The apiary probably housed up to 200 hives and over 1 million bees. The hives are about 80 centimetres long and 40 cm in diameter. Each one has a hole on one side (see photo) which would have served as a "bee flap" and a lid on the opposite side to give bee-keepers access to the honeycomb.
Interestingly enough, it appears the bees were imported from Turkey leaving evidence of very sophisticated agriculture, which would make sense considering Turkey was where modern agriculture began after Noah left the ark (ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, Turkey). Turkish bees were known to be much less aggressive and produced more honey as compared to Syrian bees.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0609/Archaeologists-discover-beehives-from-ancient-Israel
