Bees and Honey-Hunting Scenes in the Mesolithic Rock Art of Eastern Spain

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Abstract
The honey-hunting scene in the rock shelter at Bicorp in eastern Spain is well known; it was reported in 1924 and has been reproduced many times, either complete (e.g. in Honey: a comprehensive survey ed. E. Crane, 1975) or showing only the honey hunter at the bees' nest (e.g. in Beekeeping in antiquity by H. M. Fraser, 1931, 1951). Dr. Lya Dams and her husband have recently found and recorded a number of other paintings of bees, and some of honey hunting, in other caves and shelters in the same area. These are described and illustrated here; the most dramatic (Fig. 3) is also being published as a poster (see page iii), at about its natural size.