Michael Luna is an accomplished technology professional who has served as CTO of San Francisco’s Jawbone since 2007. When he isn’t busy at Jawbone, he engages in multiple hobbies that keep him outdoors in the midst of nature. As an amateur beekeeper, Michael Luna enjoys studying the behaviors and habits of his bees.

Nobody knows exactly how long human beings have been keeping bees for honey, but the practice is certainly ancient. Cave drawings that depict primitive humans consuming honey date back roughly 10,000 years. Roughly 2,000 years later, humans documented honey harvesting in a series of paintings of individuals scaling a cliff to gather honey from a wild hive.

As time progressed, the ancient tribes of Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East learned to build hives within logs. They also kept bees within clay vessels and containers of wicker or straw. 

The modern beehive, which features movable frames, was born from the basic design elements of the hives of ancient Greece. By the time that Polish apiculturist Johann Dzierzon introduced the first practical movable-comb beehive in the mid-1800s, the practice of beekeeping was widespread both in the old and new worlds.