Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋAlthough the first Anglo invasions of Ireland were in the 12th c., the English (later British) didn't succeed in fully destroying Ireland's unique indigenous legal system – the Brehon Law – until the 17th c.
This piece recounts the meticulous regulation of bees under the Brehon Laws. So important were bees considered in early Irish society that they had their own legal tract, An Bechbretha – The Bee Judgments’ 🐝
https://thebrehonlawyer.com/2021/03/31/bees-and-neighbourhood/
