Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
BEE. Deut 1:44. The honeybee is probably the only species alluded to in the Bible. They must have been very numerous in Canaan, as honey was a common article of food, 1 Kgs 14:3; Ps 81:16; Song of Solomon 5:1; Isa 7:15, and commerce. Eze 27:17. The disposition of bees to take vengeance on any one who disturbs their hive is alluded to in Ps 118:12. " Zech 10:8. We read, Jud 14:8, that "after a time," probably many days, Samson returned to the carcass of the lion he had slain, and saw bees and honey therein. "—Oedmann.
Wild bees often deposited their honey in hollow trees or the clefts of rocks. Ps 81:16; 1 Sam 14:25-27. See Honey.
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