ABSTRACT
Ancient Greek texts about bees and beekeeping have been much studied, for instance by Bessler (1886), Billiard (1900), Klek and Armbruster (1919), Klek (1924), Fraser (1951a), Forbes (1966), Byl (1980) and Davies and Kathirithamby (1986). The earliest written references to hive beekeeping start with myths and legends, and antedate the earliest excavated hives. Honey and beeswax are considered separately here, in Chapters 47 and 49, and knowledge about bees in Chapter 52. Table 52.1A gives dates of many early writers.
