SUMMARYEurasian farmers have been using bee products for at least 9,000 years. Chemical traces of beeswax have been detected in ceramic potsherds dating back at least nine millennia, pointing to widespread exploitation of bee products by early farming societies in Europe, the Near East and North Africa. The northernmost limits to the natural ecological range of honeybees in prehistoric times are also revealed.
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