Located north of the Bedouin city of Rahat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council.

[citation needed] The settlement was initially called "Safiach", but later became Beit Kama, a name derived from Isaiah 17:5: "And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grain.

[citation needed] Kamada, a plasma-derived biopharmaceutical company, was established in Beit Kama in 1990.

[5] In 2013, archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority discovered a Byzantine era mosaic floor on the grounds of the kibbutz.

The red, black, and yellow mosaic is decorated with images of birds, local flora and geometrical designs.