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“For at least four thousand years, growers have known that hand-pollinating dates is the only way to make them commercially viable…The Egyptians did it, as did virtually every other culture from North Africa and the Middle East.
Passed down from generation to generation, their pollination expertise transformed dates from a seasonal wayside snack into the staple fruit of the ancient world.
— Feb 18, 2026 01:57AM
Passed down from generation to generation, their pollination expertise transformed dates from a seasonal wayside snack into the staple fruit of the ancient world.
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“Exactly when and where the first beekeeper hived a swarm remains unclear, but Egyptians had certainly perfected the art by the third millennium BCE, tending their bees in long clay tubes, and eventually learning to ferry them up and down the Nile in concert with seasonal crops and wildflower blooms.”
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