#Celtic#MythologyMonday: „#Honey was a very important food, as it was the only source of sweetness for the ancient #Irish. It was taken so seriously, that it had a whole Brehon Law devoted to it, called bechbretha, meaning ‘bee judgements’. It concerned such rules as, if a hive swarmed onto another man’s land, what portion of the honey produced should be allotted to each man, and was quite detailed and complicated.“
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack
@NeuKelte #Bees#BeeKeeping
That's interesting. I am new to beekeeping and hoping to catch a swarm this spring. I am already feeding wild bees on top of my hive boxes.
What I wonder is how the ancient Celts came to the conclusion that bees should be subject to human conventions of land ownership. That just seems weird. Bees have no respect for fencerows. They may even nest in them if there is room between the stones.
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