Editing Bee (section)

=== As food producers ===

Honey is a natural product produced by bees and stored for their own use, but its sweetness has always appealed to humans. Before domestication of bees was even attempted, humans were raiding their nests for their honey. Smoke was often used to subdue the bees and such activities are depicted in [[Cave painting|rock paintings]] in Spain dated to 15,000 BC.<ref name=EHSTMNWC/> 
Honey bees are used commercially to produce [[honey]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89094204153;view=1up;seq=3 |publisher=US Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin, No. 653 |last1=Hunt |first1=C.L. |last2=Atwater |first2=H.W. |date=7 April 1915 |title=Honey and Its Uses in the Home |access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref>