Editing Apiary (section)

== History ==
{{See also|Beekeeping#History}}
Apiaries have been found in ancient Egypt from prior to 2422 BCE where hives were constructed from moulded mud.<ref name=":05">{{Cite journal|last=Kritsky|first=Gene|date=2017|title=Beekeeping from Antiquity Through the Middle Ages|journal=Annual Review of Entomology|volume=62|pages=249–264|doi=10.1146/annurev-ento-031616-035115|pmid=28141962}}</ref> Throughout history apiaries and bees have been kept for honey and pollination purposes all across the globe. Due to the definition of apiary as a location where hives are kept, its history can be traced as far back as that of beekeeping itself.<ref name=":05" />