Archaeologists have found evidence of beekeeping 3000 years ago in northern Israel, including ancient beehives, beeswax and what they think is the oldest complete beehives. This discovery shows that, as described in the Bible, Israel was once a place rich in milk and honey. Israel is mentioned many times in the Bible as a land of milk and honey, but people think it refers to honey made of dates and figs, because there is no mention of keeping bees in the book. New archaeological discoveries show that there was a highly developed beekeeping industry in Israel 3000 years ago.
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At first, God told Abraham that he would give Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey, to Israel. It has been mentioned many times in the Five Books of Moses that the land of Canaan, which God gave to Israel, is a land flowing with milk and honey. Originally, the land of Canaan was in Palestine, and it has always been a land of livestock. There are many sheep, rich in goat milk, and the goat milk in the bucket is full, so this is a place where milk flows.
There are more than 3000 kinds of flowers in that area. When the flowers bloom, there are a lot of bees and honey flowing down from the hive, so this area is where milk and honey flow. In other words, Canaan is very fertile, and agricultural products, animal husbandry and even beekeeping are very prosperous.
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People's Daily Online-The Bible says that Israel was once a place full of milk and honey.