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Aside from the examples enumerated in the Mishna, the Gemara quotes a baraita that obligates a neighbor to keep
water in which flax is soaked away from his neighbor’s vegetables
leeks away from his neighbor’s onions, and
mustard plants away from his neighbor’s bees.
With regard to mustard and bees, mustard plants are common in Israel, and their colorful flowers attract bees to them.
Rashi explains that the bees may eat the sharp mustard, which may then lead them to devour their own honey, causing a loss to the beekeeper.
We explore the world of bees in antiquity.