What are the records of bee picking in ancient books?

The history of beekeeping should be earlier than sericulture, but there is a lack of records. Gao Shi Zhuan, written by Huangfu Mi, a scholar in the Jin Dynasty, recorded the beekeeping in Jiang Qi's hometown in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The collection method of honey is recorded in Zhang Hua's Natural History.

Er Ya Yi by Luo Yuan, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, describes the relationship between the species of bees, the color and taste of honey and honey plants. Tang Shenwei, a pharmacist, also drew a picture of a beehive in Herbal Medicine for Syndrome.

In particular, Wang Yucheng, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, wrote "Remember the Bee" in "Small Livestock Collection", which made a detailed description of the internal organization and grouping habits of beehives, especially the method of controlling grouping, which is very valuable.

Su Shi, a famous writer in the Song Dynasty, also wrote a poem "Picking Honey": The ranks of bees in the air are like wheels, including princes and bees.

There is no place to divide the room and reduce the mouth.

Wild old people collect bees' accounts, while they separate their nests vividly and picturesque.

Bee fossil