You'd think for such an important idea, not just conceptually but practically since the beekeepers would need to reproduce colonies, someone would test that centuries before the renaissance. They had sealed boxes and they could otherwise scoop maggots into a fresh hive to make their apiary more productive. Real emperor has no clothes energy.
The people doing the writing and the people doing the beekeeping probably didn't talk much, lol. You ever read some of the medieval travel guides? Apparently these guys lived in Ethiopia and Asia.
Although, there were monks and monastaries that made mead from fermented honey so maybe there are some written accounts that have a more empirical first-hand knowledge basis.
You'd think for such an important idea, not just conceptually but practically since the beekeepers would need to reproduce colonies, someone would test that centuries before the renaissance. They had sealed boxes and they could otherwise scoop maggots into a fresh hive to make their apiary more productive. Real emperor has no clothes energy.
The people doing the writing and the people doing the beekeeping probably didn't talk much, lol. You ever read some of the medieval travel guides? Apparently these guys lived in Ethiopia and Asia.
Although, there were monks and monastaries that made mead from fermented honey so maybe there are some written accounts that have a more empirical first-hand knowledge basis.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Hereford_Mappa_Mundi_Detail_Africa-eyes-on-shoulders.jpg
feels good man