Man and Bee 8000 bc

Two species that have coexisted for thousands of years!

Although the oldest rock painting depicting a human and a bee dates back 8,000 years, we believe that humans first approached bees as honey hunters 18,000 years ago! We have been coexisting for thousands of years!

It all began with that unknown, brave, early hunter—and the artist who immortalized him!
Since then, beekeeping has spread to all known civilizations!

And as humans studied the bee more closely—and as its role and significance for the environment became known to an ever-growing number of people—the bee came to be deified across almost the entire known world!

Almost at the end of the Paleolithic era!

In an environment marked by dramatic geological changes, the ice covering Europe has already begun to melt, and water levels are rising rapidly.

For 50,000 years, our ancestors hunted in a familiar, unchanging landscape; suddenly, they find the waters encroaching upon their dwellings.

In this unstable environment, the first encounter between a bee and a human becomes a reality!

This first encounter must surely have been quite painful for our ancestor.

Attempting to pass through swarms of enraged bees without any protection requires great courage and self-sacrifice.

His persistence, however, paid off the moment he tasted the precious honey for the first time and discovered the highly useful wax.