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>The Aztecs and the Mayans were in fact top notch beekeepers...of stingless
>bees, meliponas. Honey was produced for religious and medicinal purposes
>in hollow logs (by "priests") and there is a great deal of literature on
>the subject, much in Spanish. Although I do not have any citations on
>hand, I know that Eva Crane mentions it in her books (IBRA) and I believe
>that there was an article on stingless beekeeping in Mexico in Bee World in
>the late 1980s. Keeping stingless bees still continues among the
>decendents of the Maya in southern Mexico.
See the following:
Crane, E. 1983. The Archaeology of Beekeeping. Cornell Univ. Press.
Ithaca, NY.
Adrian
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