Resumen de Iron Age beehives at Tel Rehov in the Jordan valley
Amihai Mazar, Dvory Namdar, Nava Panitz-Cohen, Ronny Neumann, Steve Weiner
Beehives were discovered in a densley built area in the Iron Age city of Re?ov (tenth-ninth century BC). They consisted of hollow clay cylinders, each with a little hole at one end (for the bee) and a removable lid at the other (for the bee keeper). These beehives, the earliest found in the Near East, were identified by analogy with examples pictured on Egyptian tombs and in use by traditional peoples. The suggested identification was confirmed by chemical analysis.
