Ancient Greece Shows Evidence of Early Beekeeping Through Beeswax Findings

Recent discoveries from a cave on Kythera Island, Greece, indicate early beekeeping practices. Pottery shards found in the Kataphygadi cave contain chemical traces of beeswax, suggesting that islanders utilized bee products thousands of years prior to recorded history. This finding extends the timeline for beeswax use in the region and enhances our understanding of ancient Greek beekeeping. The research is published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, led by Konstantinos P. Trimmis from the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens and the University of Sydney.