The Archaeology of beekeeping by Ava Crane might be a good place to start.
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>Please forgive a non-entomologist's ignorance but there are several
>questions which I hope someone can answer for me. I understand that
>the bee that I know as the common 'honey bee' is in fact an European
>import yet Native Americans were enthusiastic consumers of honey. Can
>anyone suggest likely cantidates for American honey producers? Those
>species that I can find references to make no mention of honey production.
> Any insights, suggestions, references would be welcome. My field
>is Anthropological Linguistics and quite frankly, when it comes to bees,
>I am at a loss.
>Thank you
>Roger B. Coon
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