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THE SKEP ERA OF BEEKEEPING |
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| Wooden shelters, like this cupboard, were also used to protect skeps from adverse weather conditions and animals. | The hive with the preserver (above) and the remunerator (below) allowed beekeepers to use new management techniques. |
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| Driving the bees, as an alternative to killing the bees, drove the bees into an empty skep. This was called drumming. | |
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| Straw skeps needed protection from adverse weather conditions. Domed holes in stone walls (bee poles) were commonly used throughout Europe. | The Neighbors Improved depriving hive. |
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| The Greek hive was perhaps the forerunner of the moveable frame hive. Wood strips affixed at the top of this tapered hive allowed the bees to build combs that beekeepers could remove. | The World's largest skep, five feet tall and four feet in diameter, was constructed in 1998 by members of the Southeastern Michigan Beekeepers' Association. |
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EUROPEAN HONEY BEES ARE ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA |
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| This is the type of ship that brought the first honey bees to the new world at Jamestown, VA in 1622. | Many methods were used to safely transport colonies. The first means of transport was to place the skeps on the rear deck (fantail, poop deck). There was considerable honey bee mortality. |
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| This is a nest of Meliponiae (stingless) bee. The Meliponiae or stingless honey bees are native to the North American continent. Honey and beeswax were extracted by early native Americans. | |
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| The botanist, C. A. Shelton, brought honey bees to California in 1853. They were the first to survive in that state. | Another method of transport was to place several skeps in a large barrel called a hogshead. Ice was placed in the lower half of the barrel with the skeps resting on the ice. |
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