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Mistress Rose
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It is useful to read beekeeping books, but even more use to look at hives with experienced beekeepers. Remember that the bees don't read the books, and if they do, they do the opposite on purpose sometimes just to confuse the beekeeper.
The top bar hive actually comes from even further back than you say Tavascarow. I undertand that pottery ones have been found in ancient Mediteranean cultures, so not really a British hive. In the UK, skeps seem to have been favoured, but they meant killing the bees to remove the honey, although some people did use small extra bits on the top where the bees tended to store the honey, and that could easily be removed without killing the whole colony. There was also the technique of walking the bees out of one skep into another, but as that involved two skeps, 1 man, 2 women tho drum the old hive for about an hour and a large sheet, I think that was only used to take off rape honey in the summer. From the 17th century some richer beekeepers used 'cabinet makers hives' which were boxes with compartments, occasionally with part glazed so you could see the bees. I did a lot of research on beekeeping history in the UK a few years ago. |
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Lorrainelovesplants
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