Cave Paintings Suggest Honey Hunting Activities in Ice Age Times

Pager, Harald

doi:10.1080/0005772x.1976.11097580

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“…Archaeological evidence such as Egyptian bee iconography dating back to approx. 2400 BC, beeswax found in the pottery from Europe and Africa [1,2], the existence of prehistoric cave paintings depicting honey collection [3] and the discovery of an apiary of an industrial nature from the Iron Age at Tel Reh . ov during the Beth-Shean Valley archaeological project by [4] all testify to this age-old connection between humans and bees.…”

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Nutritional Composition of Honey Bee Drones of Two Subspecies Relative to Their Pupal Developmental Stages

Ghosh

Herren

Meyer-Rochow

et al. 2021

Insects

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We examined the contents of nutritional importance, i.e., amino acids, fatty acids and minerals of different developmental stages of drones of two honey bee subspecies, namely Apis mellifera carnica and A. m. mellifera. The results revealed that, in general, individual amino acid amounts and therefore the total protein increased along with the developmental stages of the drones. No statistically significant differences were found between the same developmental stages of the two subspecies. The reverse, i.e., a decrease with developmental stage occurred in relation to the fatty acid composition. Most of the minerals were higher at advanced developmental stages. Overall, the high protein content (31.4–43.4%), small amount of fat (9.5–11.5%) and abundance of minerals such asiron and zinc, make drones a suitable nutritional resource. Even though nutrient content, especially protein, was higher in the pupae than the prepupae, we propose prepupae also as a commercial product based on their higher biomass production. Provided standard production protocols maintaining hygiene and safety will be adhered to, we propose that drone honey bees can be utilized as human food or animal feed.

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Nutritional Composition of Honey Bee Drones of Two Subspecies Relative to Their Pupal Developmental Stages

Ghosh

Herren

Meyer-Rochow

et al. 2021

Insects

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“…Three colour charcoal drawings (Figure 01) available at the walls of the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc Cave, in southeastern France, that illustrate more than 420 animals, graphic motifs, and symbols, are belonged to the early Aurignacian period dating to 30,000-32,000 BP (Clottes, 2001;Azéma, & Rivère, 2012). Figure 02 illustrates a cave art of smoking of a bees' nest to collect honey, in a site near the Toghwana dam in Matapo Hills, Zimbabwe (Pager, 1976;Crittenden, 2011). Information depicting elephant domestication in ancient Sri Lanka (Figure 03), is preserved in the Hulannuge rock cave in Ampara District (Nandadeva,1992).…”

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“…Figure 01 Figure 02 Hunting scene: big cats track a herd of bison fleeing toward Smoking of a Bee's nest the left. (Source: (Fritz, & Tosello, 2015) Source: Pager, 1976;Crittenden, 2011 Figure…”

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Preservation of Information in Sri Lanka: A historical Perspective

Dehigama

2021

TRIVALENT: J Arch. Tourism Anthrop.

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The article attempts to explore the shape of preservation of information in Sri Lanka, from the Early Iron Age (1000-800 BC) to the beginning of Colonial Rule. Under the qualitative approach, the historical research method is employed in the study, while content analysis was used as a research tool to determine the presence of certain words, themes, or concepts within given qualitative data. Based on my focus, primary sources and secondary data were used to elicit data. Buckland's concept about information-asthing was used to streamline the demarcations made by different collections handled.The perspective of the study is limited to the published translations and transcriptions of inscriptions, literary sources, and copper plate charters. Themes and concepts such as selection of media, extending the life span of information, changing the format, or keeping the same information in different formats, and reformatting for information preservation emerged from the literature review and content analysis. Substantiations prove that effective preservation of information has ever been in flow in Sri Lankan history. Well before the cultural institutions were established under colonial rule, ancient Sri Lankans were familiar with the concepts of libraries, archives, and museums.Information was converted, reformatted, and duplicated through different media consciously, while foreign invasions, internal conflicts, natural and man-made disasters as well as the introduction of printing challenged the existence of the indigenous system of information preservation. The study will provide a rich foundation for Archaeology, history, and Information Science students and scholars to understand what happened in the past to determine and expand their research horizons. The research highlights gaps and avenues for future research in this genre.

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“…Insects found in agricultural, aquatic, and forest ecosystems are an important world biomass resource (New, 2009). The practice of eating insects as an alternative source of food also known as entomophagy (Pager, 1973), has long been a feature of human history (Meyer-Rochow, 2010;Evans, 2015) and prehistory (Backwell & Errico, 2001;Pager, 1976) and are still part of the human diet in many parts of the world. Insect ingestion is thought to be a part of the traditional diets of approximately two billion people around the world (van .…”

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Benefits and Risks of Consuming Edible Insects

Yashung¹,

Megu²,

Narah³

et al. 2020

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Insect eating has been reported for a long time, and they are consumed in raw and processed forms by several cultures around the world, especially in developing countries, where they are typically regarded as a delicacy in addition to providing nutrients, farming, processing, and consumption of edible insects have recently sparked a lot of research interest, mostly in an effort to mitigate food insecurity and improve nutrition in many developing nations. Edible insects have been demonstrated to improve the nutritional content of foods by providing micro- and macronutrient levels that are comparable to, if not higher than, those found in animal-derived foods. Even with all of these advantages, promoting edible insect cultivation and consumption in developed and developing countries faces a number of hurdles. In many Western countries, however, consumer acceptance of insects as a food source remains a major challenge. The problem of food safety is at the top of the list of these challenges, with many western consumers concerned about the microbiological and chemical health risks that edible insects or edible insect-derived foods may provide. According to the available research, there is a clear need to strike a balance between the nutritional benefits of edible insects and its food safety concerns.

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Cave Paintings Suggest Honey Hunting Activities in Ice Age Times

Cited by 17 publications

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Nutritional Composition of Honey Bee Drones of Two Subspecies Relative to Their Pupal Developmental Stages

Nutritional Composition of Honey Bee Drones of Two Subspecies Relative to Their Pupal Developmental Stages

Preservation of Information in Sri Lanka: A historical Perspective

Benefits and Risks of Consuming Edible Insects

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