Beekeeping

The cultivation of bee colonies for honey (a primary sweetener) and wax (for writing tablets, casting, and sealing).

Core metadata

ID: apis_mellifera_domestication_beekeeping
Era: Classical
First known date: -900 (century)
Region: Tel Rehov, Jordan Valley
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

Wax Tablets (wax_tablets)

Fields

None.

Node sources

Industrial apiculture in the Jordan valley during Biblical times with Anatolian honeybees (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010, primary_paper) • Supports: node

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 3
Average edge confidence: 68%
Prerequisite sources: 2
expert_inference: 3

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Plant Domestication (plant_domestication)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Plant Domestication provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	No sources recorded.
Animal Husbandry (animal_husbandry)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Animal Husbandry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Pace and process in the emergence of animal husbandry in Neolithic Southwest Asia (Bioarchaeology of the Near East, 2014, review) • Supports: edge
Pottery (pottery)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Pottery provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Early pottery at 20,000 years ago in Xianrendong Cave, China (Science / PubMed, 2012, primary_paper) • Supports: edge

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