No one can tell you of the first time someone thought about collecting the honey from hives.
What we know is that this practice has been around for a very long time. Cave drawings have been discovered by Archaeologist showing honey collection drawings. These caves were found in Africa and Spain's eastern regions. It is believed that these drawings were drawn around 7000BC. Most of these pictures show people scooping honey out of trees and different rocks but a few of them depict images of humans standing, unstung, in the midst of swarms of bees. Scientist believe that these early cave dwellers somehow learned that large smoke made an impact on bees.
Bee hives in the early days were made out of pottery, clay vases and bowls, and trees were resembled by straw baskets and rock crevices that the bees were drawn to in nature. These containers were used the capture swarms of bees. Once trapped, the bees proceeded to turn the containers into a bee hive.
There is some evidence that many ancient civilizations, such as the Myans, were into beekeeping and honey production.
Aficionados of Roman history know that bees and honey played a role in the Roman culture. The Goddess Mellona, was the protector of the bees.
Honey bees were respected by the Greeks. On Mt. Olympus, the home of Zeus, they sipped the nectar provided by the gods (experts believe that the nectar that the Greeks referred to was honey). Greek mythology claims that Apollo's second temple was built by bees. When his popular book was written, The History of Animals, Aristotle disclosed how flowers were located by bees.
In the period of time between the 1500's and 1851 was an evolutionary time for beekeeping. The first critical change in beekeeping happened late in the 1500's. It was during this time that guidelines were assembled about bees' lifestyle. Once beekeepers understood the way that bees lived they were better able to take care of the winged insects.
Adaptations to artificial hives started taking place. As beekeepers, agricultural enthusiast, and scientists, yearned to learn more about the life cycle of bees, beekeepers look for ways to design a hive that would allow them to easily see inside the hive.
An American, Lorenzo Langstroth, designed the first mobile bee hive.
By the time the 1850's got here the European California was introduced to honey bees. After California the honey bees were introduced to Oregon and Canada.
It is believed that there are over 210,000 beekeepers currently in the United States. Collectively these beekeepers keep and maintain over three million active bee hives.
What we know is that this practice has been around for a very long time. Cave drawings have been discovered by Archaeologist showing honey collection drawings. These caves were found in Africa and Spain's eastern regions. It is believed that these drawings were drawn around 7000BC. Most of these pictures show people scooping honey out of trees and different rocks but a few of them depict images of humans standing, unstung, in the midst of swarms of bees. Scientist believe that these early cave dwellers somehow learned that large smoke made an impact on bees.
Bee hives in the early days were made out of pottery, clay vases and bowls, and trees were resembled by straw baskets and rock crevices that the bees were drawn to in nature. These containers were used the capture swarms of bees. Once trapped, the bees proceeded to turn the containers into a bee hive.
There is some evidence that many ancient civilizations, such as the Myans, were into beekeeping and honey production.
Aficionados of Roman history know that bees and honey played a role in the Roman culture. The Goddess Mellona, was the protector of the bees.
Honey bees were respected by the Greeks. On Mt. Olympus, the home of Zeus, they sipped the nectar provided by the gods (experts believe that the nectar that the Greeks referred to was honey). Greek mythology claims that Apollo's second temple was built by bees. When his popular book was written, The History of Animals, Aristotle disclosed how flowers were located by bees.
In the period of time between the 1500's and 1851 was an evolutionary time for beekeeping. The first critical change in beekeeping happened late in the 1500's. It was during this time that guidelines were assembled about bees' lifestyle. Once beekeepers understood the way that bees lived they were better able to take care of the winged insects.
Adaptations to artificial hives started taking place. As beekeepers, agricultural enthusiast, and scientists, yearned to learn more about the life cycle of bees, beekeepers look for ways to design a hive that would allow them to easily see inside the hive.
An American, Lorenzo Langstroth, designed the first mobile bee hive.
By the time the 1850's got here the European California was introduced to honey bees. After California the honey bees were introduced to Oregon and Canada.
It is believed that there are over 210,000 beekeepers currently in the United States. Collectively these beekeepers keep and maintain over three million active bee hives.
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