A bee visiting a lupine flower in the springtime. The orange wad of pollen in the bee's pollen basket is from the flowers.

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"Preparation of Medicine from Honey"

Leaf from an Arabic translation of the
Materia Medica of Dioscorides
(A.D. 1225 Baghdad, Iraq)

Bees and Honey

see also

Agave
Sugar
Artificial Sweetners

Wikipedia
Honey
Apiary
Beekeeping
Bee bread
Folk medicine
Honey bee
Honey flow
Mason bee
Mead
Nectar
Royal jelly
Syrup
Wild honey

beeswax

Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Apiology
Cuevas de la Araña en Bicorp

Worker bees filling and sealing honey combs

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Mesolithic Honey gatherer, La Araña Cave, near Bicorp, Valencia, Spain
ca. 7,000 B.C.

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In the news . . .

• Bee population size is just one production factor, researchers warn -- Nathan Gray, FOODnavigator (06 June 2003)
  
  
• As bees perish in large numbers, a search for causes and solutions -- MPRNews (28 May 2013)
  
  
• Mystery Malady Kills More Bees, Heightening Worry on Farms -- The New York Times (31 March 2013)
  • A Disastrous Year for Bees - Video
    
    
• Research in Southern India Provides a Sweet Look at Preservation of Ecological Knowledge -- Science Daily (30 November 2012)
  
  
• Washington state’s first ‘zombie bees’ reported; parasite causes bees to fly erratically, die -- The Washington Post (25 September 2012)
  
  
• Blamed for Bee Collapse, Monsanto Buys Leading Bee Research Firm -- Anthony Gucciardi, Reader Supported News, NaturalSociety (23 April 2012)
  
  
• Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves -- Andrew Schneider, Food Safety News (15 August 2011)
  
  
• Royal Ontario Museum investigates sudden bee death -- BBCNews (11 February 2011)

• A Honey of a Story: Brief history of bees and honey -- Vaughn M. Bryant Jr., Palynology Laboratory, Texas A&M University
  
  
• Ancient Beehives Yield 3,000-Year-Old Bees -- Wired (07 June 2010)
  
  
• Ancient Cave Painting -- Kirsten Traynor, MD Bee
  
  
• Bee-Keeping -- andré dollinger
  
  
• The Bee Photographer -- Éric Tourneret
  
  
• Bees, honey and health in antiquity -- The Free Library by Farlex (01 January 2008)
  
  
• Bees in Art -- marinbees.com
  
  
• Bees in Spain /Beekeeping in Spain -- Iberianature
  
  
• Bees in the [Mayan] Codices -- MayaLords
  
  
• Bee Source
  
  
• The Bee Works
  
  
• Beekeeping and Sustainable Livelihoods, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  
  
• Breakthrough in bee mite battle -- BBCNews (22 December 2011)
  
  
• A Brief History of Honey -- The Honey Association
  
  
• The Buzz in Mexico -- Melina Gerosa Bellows, National Geographic Traveller (January/Februaryu 2012)
  
  
• Crane, Eva. The Archaeology of Beekeeping. Ithaca: Cornelll University Press, 1983.
  
  
• Crane, Eva. The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting. London: Routledge, 1999.
  
  
• Eight ancient drinks uncorked by science -- msnbc (15 December 2009)
  
  
• Ethiopia: Stuck on Honey -- BBC (16 March 2000)
  
  
• Ethnohistory of the stingless bees Melipona beecheii (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) in the Mayan Civilization, decipherment of the Beekeeping Almanacs part I in the "Madrid Codex" and the study of their behavioral traits and division of labor -- Lopez-Maldonado, Julio Edgar, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis, 2010, 242 pages; AAT 3429563 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=2188879851&Fmt=7&clientI d=79356&RQT=309&VName=PQD>
  
  
• Foreign Honey Oozes In -- Houston Chronicle (16 May 2010)
  
  
• Gathering portrayed in Paleolithic art -- Cryptoforestry (20 January 2012)
  
  
• Harnessing honey's healing power -- Angie Knox, BBCNews (08 June 2004)
  
  
• Himalaya Honey Hunters Cling to Cliffside Tradition -- National Geographic (14 April 2004)
  
  
• Historical Uses of Honey as Food (47:50) -- UCtelevision (03 November 2011)
  
  
• The History of Maya Beekeeping -- Cozumel Mexico
  
  
• Honey -- Wikibooks Cookbook
  
  
• Honey and History -- gousiaris.gr
  
  
• Honey as an Antimicrobial Agent -- Honey Research Unit, Waikato University
  
  
• Honey Bee Mystery -- National Geographic Kids (2 September 2008)
  
  
• Honey Composition and Properties -- J. W. WHITE, JR., AND LANDIS W. DONER, BEEsource
  
  
• Honey from Folklore to Marvel -- History of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation
  
  
• Honey history -- About.com
  
  
• The Honey Hunters -- Softpedia
  
  
• Health Benefits of Honey -- honey-health
  
  
• Honey varieties with pictures
  
  
• How Bees Work -- howstuffworks
  
  
• Humans, the Honey Hunters -- Smithsonian (19 December 2011)
  
  
• Mason bee -- Wikipedia
  
  
• Michigan Beekeepers' Association 2009 Calendars [images]
  
  
• Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC)
  
  
• Nepal’s honey hunters -- Gabriella Le Breton, Telegraph (6 June 2010)
  
  
• Opportunistic HoneyHunting among HunterGatherers -- 78 Steps Health Journal (16 September 2011)
  
  
• Post-colony collapse disorder, bees receive a helping hand in cities -- Scout Report, 25 September 2009, Volume 15, Number 38
  
  
• Recognising the economic benefits of nature in 2011 -- BBCNews (09 January 2011)
  
  
• The-Stingless-Bees -- flizoo
  
  
• Sweet as Honey -- TipKing
  
  
• Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.
  
  
• U.S. National Honey Board
  
  
• Value-Added Products From Beekeeping, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  
  
• Why Honey Is Eaten for Rosh Hashanah, and Other Burning Questions -- Lisa Bramen, The Smithsonian Magazine (18 September 2009)
  

• VIDEOS

  Every Third Bite -- snagfilms.com