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RE: Tel Rehov

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The import trade in bees, where beekeepers bring in queens from other countries for their temperament and productivity, appears to be nothing new. Ancient clay hives in Israel, the oldest ever discovered in the near east, were found to contain bees from Turkey, according to archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The hives at Tel Rehov - clay tubes with a small hole at one end for the bees to get in and out and a removable lid at the other to allow access to the combs of honey - have been known about for some years, but new photographs of the remains of some unborn bees have allowed better analysis of the beekeeping methods.
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Rehov (also Rehob) was an important Bronze- and Iron Age city located at Tel Rehov, an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley, approximately 5 km south of Beit She'an and 3 km west of the Jordan River. The oldest known archaeological finds relating to beekeeping were discovered at Rehov.
In September 2007 it was reported that that 30 intact beehives dated to the mid-10th century BCE to the early 9th century BCE were found by archaeologists in the ruins of Rehov. The beehives were evidence of an advanced honey-producing beekeeping (apiculture) industry 3000 years ago in the city, then thought to have a population of about 2000 residents at that time, both Israelite and Canaanite. The beehives, made of straw and unbaked clay, were found in orderly rows of 100 hives. Previously references to honey in ancient texts of the region (such as the phrase "land of milk and honey" in the Hebrew Bible) were thought to refer to honey derived from dates and figs; the discoveries show evidence of commercial production of honey and beeswax.
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