What is the origin of the classic beehive design?

September 7, 2011 | Filed under: Bees | Posted by:

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Beehives near Macclesfield Cheshire

Question by JM M: What is the origin of the classic beehive design?
What’s the origin of the stereotypical “coiled muddy rope” beehive in drawings and cartoons?

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One Response to What is the origin of the classic beehive design?

  1. Well bee keepers in Europe made bee skeps which were baskets made of coils of grass or straw and where similar to the design of the bee hive. Their purpose was to make a artificial home for bees in order for them to farm and collect honey.

    Jon-MacAtk
    September 7, 2011 at 7:15 am
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