[Sca-cooks] Beehives from 900BC gordonse at one.net Wed Sep 5
05:33:06 PDT 2007 >JERUSALEM --Archaeologists digging in
northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old
beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs,
beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives
ever found. >The findings in the ruins of the city of Rehov this
summer include 30 intact hives dating to around 900 B.C.,
archaeologist Amihai Mazar of Jerusalem's Hebrew University told
The Associated Press. >The beehives, made of straw and unbaked
clay, have a hole at one end to allow the bees in and out and a
lid on the other end to allow beekeepers access to the
honeycombs inside. They were found in orderly rows, three high,
in a room that could have accommodated around 100 hives, Mazar
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