Northamptonshire Beekeepers' Association (NBKA) Registered Charity No. 295593
©NBKA 2007
A member organisation representing beekeepers in the
County of Northamptonshire
THE CRAFT
Early history emphasised the importance of beekeeping to the Egyptians of 4000 BC. It provided honey as their main source of sweetness; bee's wax for their candles and both of them for cosmetics. The Greeks called their honey from Mount Hymettus the Food of the Gods.
The illustration is of a rock painting c. 500 BC showing honey being collected from the single large comb of an Apis dorsata nest, at Singanpur, India.
