Test 3 Flashcards
(23 cards)
bee traps
capture one or more bees, then release and follow to find hive; deer or other horn
honeyguides
leads other animals (honey-badgers) to bee nests; multiple species in Africa and Asia
clay or log hives
simple fixed-comb hives, earthenware jars or hollowed tree trunks; often had “backdoors” to harvest honeycombs
gum hives
type of upright log hive; usually had a “roof” and internal support structures; popular until 20th century
box hives
simple, no internal support for combs; less primitive, but still fixed-comb
skep hives
typically made from straw with support sticks to hold the comb
top-bar hives
1 move-able comb hive; slats of wood on the top that the bees would build off of
leaf hives
had frames that opened and were inspected like a book
4 important modern inventions
Langstroth hives, wax foundation, bellowed smoker, radial honey extractor
Zeus
got Kronos drunk on mead
melissae
sacred bees, cared for Zeus along with a sacred goat
Dionysus
the god of mead, wine, and the vine
Aristoeus
god of bees and honey
Cupid
dipped his arrows in honey
Cerberus
could be passed by if thrown honey cakes
the ox-born bee
common belief that bees were spontaneously generated from dead oxen
tanging
belief that swarms of bees would land if a loud noise was made
telling the bees
belief that bees must be told of the death of their keeper or they would swarm away
Ancient Egypt
one Pharoah would only take tax payments in honey
Buddhism
honey comb offered to Buddha
the Quran
bees are mentioned, also honey is healing and a blessing
Christianity
bees and honey mentioned in the Bible, beeswax candles used in church
Saint Ambrose
a swarm of bees landed on his cradle but did not sting him when he was an infant
