Yisrael: the land of milk and honey - and humanity's oldest beehives

Throughout the bible, Israel is described as “the land of milk and honey.” A few documents and paintings hint that beekeeping may have occurred during biblical times, there has been no physical evidence – until now.

Archaeologists discovered the remains of the oldest earliest known apiary during an excavation of Tel Rehov, an important city during the Israeli monarchy located in northern Israel. The ancient bee colony dates to around 3,000 years ago.

3000 years ago Jews kept bees in Israel.

That's a few thousand years before any Arabs or Muslims got there.