Iron Age beehives at Tel Rehov in the Jordon valley

Amihai Mazar; Dvory Namdar; Nava Panitz-Cohen; Ronny Neumann; Steve Weiner

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00097271

Iron Age beehives at Tel Rehov in the Jordon valley

Amihai Mazar^*, Dvory Namdar, Nava Panitz-Cohen, Ronny Neumann, Steve Weiner

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Institute of Archaeology

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Abstract

Beehives were discovered in a densley built area in the Iron Age city of Rehov (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 earliestfound 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	629-639
Number of pages	11
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	82
Issue number	317
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00097271
State	Published - Sep 2008

Keywords

Apiary
Beehives
Honey
Iron age
Israel
Jordan
Southern Levant

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