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The history of honey is rich in tradition. This ancient substance has been
used for food, drinks, medicine, barter, cosmetics, cooking, food preservation,
art, etc. It has been used in religion, mythology, legends and literature as
well as studied by scientists.
The oldest written reference to the use of honey is thought to be Egyptian, about 5500 BC. At that time Lower Egypt was called Bee Land while Upper Egypt was Reed Land. History has recorded that ancient Egypt used honey as the medicine while in the First World War. Honey mixed with cod liver oil were used to treat soldier's wound.
The use of honey was taken to India by Aryan invaders and became associated with religious rites. Honey is also mentioned on ancient submarine clay tablets, possibly even older than the Egyptian reference. Later Babylonian tablets give recipes for "electuaries" - medicine based on honey. An electuary mentioned in the 1st century AD by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder included powdered bees. It was said to be a cure for dropsy and bladder stones. In 1800, some archaeologists working in Egypt found a large jar of honey. They opened it and found that it tasted perfect even thought it was thousands of years old.
Honey is also mentioned in the holy book for moslems, the Koran, while the great Napoleon was also used the bees as a symbol of his empire.
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