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9000-year-old cave paintings show clearly that the people from the Stone Age added sweetness to their diet by the use of honey. Honey was also used for hunting bears and was acquired from wild colonies of bees.
The origin of honey production from cultivated colonies of bees is thought to have been in the 7th century BC in Anatolia. The ancient Egyptians and the Romans also valued the golden-brown gourmet delight. Honey has even been discovered in the graves of the pharaohs. Right up to the late middle ages, honey was the only method of sweetening available in Europe. It was only with the industrial manufacture of sugar from sugar beet that its supremacy was challenged.
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