[Los Angeles Times] Batsheva Sobelman - Driving by fields or just walking through orchards and groves throughout Israel, you can see white cabinet-like stacks that are among some 90,000 hives kept by Israeli beekeepers. This means honey, and also money. Many of the country's honey farms are open to the public, offering educational programs and family activities. The industry is constantly reinventing itself, developing new flavors and even colors. Archaeological findings in Israel show that bees were locally domesticated more than 3,000 years ago. But many Israeli farmers suffer from beehive thefts. Hundreds are stolen every year, in many cases taken to the Palestinian territories.
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