GirlArchaeologist writes in the comments: "There are published, securely excavated Egyptian-style beehives from Tel Rehov in Israel. However, those are significantly larger: 80 cm long, and 44 cm in diameter. They are made of unbaked clay, and are part of a large installation of over 100 stacked hives. There’s an initial publication in Antiquity (2008: 629-639) about the first 8 that were found, but I believe they are up to over 100 now. It’s very interesting that the one from the Manchester museum is fired clay, and is so much smaller! Would one really be able to remove honey combs form such a small container? Perhaps this smaller container was used to establish a small colony/comb, which could then be transported, instead of for actual honey production?" via Hapicultuur
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:08:16 +0000
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