Here's the Wiki version:

 

To be considered domesticated, a population of animals must have their
behavior <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology> , life cycle
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_life_cycle> , or physiology
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology>  systemically altered as a result
of being under human control for many generations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_domesticated_animals

 


Domestication of wild bees. At some point humans began to domesticate wild
bees in artificial hives <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_hive>  made from
hollow logs, wooden boxes, pottery vessels, and woven straw baskets or
"skeps." The domestication <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication>  of
bees was well developed in Egypt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt>  and
sealed pots of honey were found in the grave goods of Pharaohs such as
Tutankhamun <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun> . 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beekeeping#Domestication_of_wild_bees

Dick Marron

 

 

 


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