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How did the ancients come to view beehives as a sign of prosperity? Did they actually understand that bees play a necessary role in plant reproduction cycles?
by snickerbockers 1y ago
How did the ancients come to view beehives as a sign of prosperity? Did they actually understand that bees play a necessary role in plant reproduction cycles?
- danielbln 1y agoHoney is yummy, and very sweet. Not something that's easily come by in the days of yore. Maybe that's enough to give it a special status, a golden extremely tasty goop that's protected by a bunch of spicy yellow flies.
- astura 1y agoHoney.
- rcxdude 1y agoYes. The ancient egyptians kept a lot of bees and moved the hives up and down the Nile with the seasons to help pollenate crops.