. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jan. 26, 1922. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 33 Bees in Palestine and Cyprus. By Sergt. A. G. Carpenter. {Continued from page 10.) At this time—the end of 1918—1 went over to Cyprus, where almost every village on the island had bees. I moved from place to place, N., S., E., and W. Everywhere only in rare instances have I seen hive? larger than what I call the standard. They are made of earth, mixed with a kind of chaff, and moulded out like a round chimney- pot, about 12 in. diam. at the back, taper- ing down to the front to about 9 in. diam.,
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jan. 26, 1922. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 33 Bees in Palestine and Cyprus. By Sergt. A. G. Carpenter. {Continued from page 10.) At this time—the end of 1918—1 went over to Cyprus, where almost every village on the island had bees. I moved from place to place, N., S., E., and W. Everywhere only in rare instances have I seen hive? larger than what I call the standard. They are made of earth, mixed with a kind of chaff, and moulded out like a round chimney- pot, about 12 in. diam. at the back, taper- ing down to the front to about 9 in. diam., and are 2 ft. long. They pile them one above the other, with earth between, and. Mud Hives, Aganthon, Cyprus. I went were bees, but the bar frame hive is not in favour there, for I should think over 90 per cent, of the bees are kept in the old mud hives. Wherever I went through the various villages I took photo- graphs of the hives I saw, but more than they seem to last for two or three seasons. The front lid is made fast with mud, and has a tee-hole in the bottom of about 2 in. by i in. ; the back, sometimes made of wood or slate, is wedged in and the spaces filled with mud. The bees are always put in i§ aw5r *& i - jjjjL*' -*.;• mRM&F^ ~ ****"' X\_ ™ rBSpwrnSat,-^^--':' « ' Hives Made of Pottery at Orondo, Cyprus. often they were under- or over-exposed, and these I am sending you are some of the clearer ones I managed to get. Although in the case of the mud cylinder hives every bee-keeper makes his own, it is remarkable how they turn them out to a standard size.; from the back, and usually build their combs at an angle of 45 deg. with the front lid. I have assisted a good many of the Greek bee-keepers to take their honey, and had many a sting, for the combs are usually. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perf
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