Woven beehive. This is a skep, a beehive woven from straw. The bees enter the skep at the naval. It is in the form of Saint Ambroise, the patron saint

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Woven beehive. This is a skep, a beehive woven from straw. The bees enter the skep at the naval. It is in the form of Saint Ambroise, the patron saint of hives. This skep is from the Netherlands.

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Size: 3425px × 5197px
Photo credit: © PATRICK LANDMANN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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