HISTORY  OF HONEY AND ITS USES

 

Year

Country Uses
40th Century B.C. Ancient Egypt

*  a sweetening agent

*  as payment

*  fed to sacred animals.

21st Century B.C. Samaria, Assyria, Babylonia

*  as an offering

*  sweetener for beer

*  as payment

11th Century A.D. Germany

*  beer sweetener

17th Century A.D. American Colonies

*  food and beverage

*  preservative for fruit

*  furniture polish

2001 Around the world

*  food

*  sweetener

*  beauty items

*  medicine