Invisible Hive: Honey, Mead and Beekeeping in Celtic Europe

Honey and beeswax survive. The hives that produced them do not.In the great cauldrons and drinking vessels of Iron Age Europe, archaeology has found traces of honey-rich drinks. Beeswax has been identified behind the silver plates of the Gundestrup cauldron. Centuries later, early Irish law could decide who owned a swarm, what a hive was worth, and how much honey the sick were owed.Yet no Iron Age...