Which Mayan god was the god of bees and honey?

Ah Muzen Cab was the Maya god of bees and honey. He was especially important in Yucatán, where Maya communities practiced stingless-bee keeping and relied on honey for food, medicine, ritual, and trade.

The deity is closely associated with the native stingless bees Melipona beecheii and Melipona yucatanica. Unlike the familiar European honeybee, these bees do not have functional stingers. Maya beekeepers traditionally raised them in hollow-log hives called jobones, making beekeeping both an economic activity and a religious practice.

Ah Muzen Cab is frequently shown upside down or descending headfirst. This imagery may connect him with the so-called Descending or Diving God represented at sites including Tulum and Cobá, although the exact relationship remains debated. The Madrid Codex contains almanac material concerning bees, honey, and beekeeping.

He is sometimes confused with other Maya nature deities, but the bee-and-honey association is his defining identification. Alternative spellings include Ah-Mucen-Cab and Ah Musen Kab.