12 BEE CULTURE. 
description of the rude home that Noah provided for the 
bees that he carried into the ark, nor tell us if Abraham’s 
bees were kept in log-gums or box hives, but it ¢s recorded 
that the land where Abraham dwelt—Canaan—was one 
“flowing with milk and honey;”and when the old Patriarch, 
because of the famine that prevailed there, sent his sons to 
Egypt to buy corn, he sent as a present to the Egyptian 
ruler some of Canaan’s famous honey.—Gen. 43: 11. 
We may wel! conclude that Canaan’s honey was then as 
famous as in subsequent ages was the honey from Mount 
Hymettus, in Grecce. 
The earliest mention of honey a8 an article of commerce, 
is, that the Jews were engaged in trading it at Tyre, that old 
and honored mart of trade in Phoenicia.—Hzek. 27 : 17. 
Sirach, who lived about the time of the re-building of the 
Temple at Jerusalem, speaking of the necessaries of life, 
mentions honey, with flour and milk. 
The Persians, Grecians and Romans, used honey quite 
extensively as an article of dict ; they also used it largely in 
preparing their food, and by it, most of their beverages were 
sweetened, 
Ancient Sages, among whom were Homer, Herodotus, 
Cato, Aristotle, Varro, Virgil, Pliny and Columella, 
composed poems extolling the activity, skill and economy of 
bees, and in more modern times, among such authors have 
been Swammerdam, a German naturalist ; Maraldi, an Italian 
mathematician ; Schirach, a Saxon priest ; Réaumur, inventor 
of a themometer ; Bonnet, a Swiss entomologist ; Dr. John 
Hunter ; and Francis Huber, who, though totally blind, was 
noted for his many minute observations, by the aid of his 
assistant, Burnens, which caused quite a revolution in 
ancient theories concerning the Honey Bee. He was also 
assisted by Mdle. Jurine, who, by delicate microscopic 
examinations, rendered important service not only to Huber, 
but also to future generations. 
But space forbids us to enumerate all the apiarists of the 
present age—prominent among whom we may mention 
Dzierzon, Von Berlepsch, Leuckart, Von Sicbold, Sir John 
Lubbock, the Rev. L. L. Langstroth, Samuel Wagner, M. 
Quinby, Adam Grimm, J. §. Harbison, Capt. J. E, Hether- 
