The second day of the ASGA annual meeting was packed with topics like sugar policy and markets, as well as retirement speeches from board members and a retirement tribute to a longtime ASGA employee.
Honey Hunting at the Araña Caves
The Man, or Woman, of Bicorp, is a figure found in the largest of the caves (cave 2). Presumed to be Epipalaeolithic, it depicts a person holding a rope, ladder or lianas, while gathering honey from a wild beehive with a basket on their back. It is a strikingly beautiful representation of honey hunting , showing the figure introducing their arm inside the hive, with bees flying around them.
Experts believe that this shows that wild honey collection must have occurred in the area around the caves around 8,000 years ago. Honey harvesting was a rich source of nutrients in prehistoric times. This is probably why, along with hunting and other ceremonial activities, it was memorialized on the walls of the Spanish cave .