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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: Bee-Bop on October 25, 2009, 01:26:15 pm
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These are some Polish hives.
Look at the size of them, any one know about these ?
Click on pictures to enlarge.
http://www.ourapiary.com/menu.php?op=paspokaz&id=1&l=2
Thanks
Bee-Bop
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It would be interesting to see the interior views.
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Now that is different. I will look forward to following this thread and see if anyone knows more.
How many polish bees does it take to make some honey?
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that's pretty interesting. just goes to show that beekeeping can be done in a lot of different ways, and be successful. i'd love to see the inside also.
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These are some Polish hives.
Look at the size of them, any one know about these ?
Click on pictures to enlarge.
http://www.ourapiary.com/menu.php?op=paspokaz&id=1&l=2
Thanks
Bee-Bop
You are looking at it bee houses. Beehives are inside the bee houses.
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
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Jim is correct. I have a beekeeper I know from Poland. She has a photo album of her travels to Poland, and they have very interesting bee houses. Some are huge animals carved into big logs, which are carved out and have bees going in places as example....a bears mouth. There is actually a bee museum in Poland (not sure where) that has collected and preserved some of them, with perhaps several dozens very ornate carved logged, houses, and figures. They are from years past, although the idea of a bee house is still utilized today. Many of them utilized the "leaf hive" approach of having frames pulled straight out the back.
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i like the idea of pulling them out the back. it makes a lot of sense. no more unstacking boxes to check the bottom. any good reason back access boxes are not so popular?
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This may help
http://www.taylorsgardenbuildings.co.uk/store/customer/pages.php?pageid=111
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
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I really like this idea incorporate this with a green house and bang!!!! What a building...
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Bee-Bop,
The hives you had pictures, and the ones I was referencing, are not bee houses. They are the actual beehives themselves.
I can not get a hold of the lady to find out where the polish museum is located, but I did find this site, which I think is it. It you read the information, it states about a bear, and other beehives. It was really common to make these structures. I remember the bear in the pictures as the bees flew in and out of the bears mouth.
Read this....
http://www.muzeum-szreniawa.pl/?q=en/node/184
Click on some of the pictures at the bottom. They are fantastic!
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BJornBee
THanks
Yes, I thought they were individual hives as that is what the fellow called them.
just can't figure out their operation.
I have seen a number of bee houses they were entirely different, neatest one was a converted school bus.
they would move from site too site, I believe they had 3 rows of hives on each side, a walk/work way down the middle.
Bee-Bop
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Klaus Honighäuschen, a German beekeeper a few years ago lead me to Birgit Jönsson's website. She is one of the few left carrying on the tradition of sculptured hived from the 17th Century. They are pretty incredible. :shock:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.figurenbeute.de%2F
Be sure to check out the new projects (neue projekte) and concept figure hives (konzept einer figurenbeute) tabs on the left
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Thanks, Robo
Here is another picture I found on that site;
They appear to be about 32 in square, and perhaps 36 in high, there appear to be one entrance and what look like two small side doors ?
Still haven't figured out how they work. Any Polish Beekeepers out there ?
http://www.ourapiary.com/menu.php?op=15
Thanks
Bee-Bop
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Fire up the chain saw boys,
it's time to make a 8 foot buxom woman bee hive out of a log.
Beekeeping is so fun!
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Fire up the chain saw boys,
it's time to make a 8 foot buxom woman bee hive out of a log.
Beekeeping is so fun!
(http://theabk.com.au/files/u2/PICT1_A.jpg)
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it's time to make a 8 foot buxom woman bee hive out of a log.
that's not exactly what i had in mind :evil:
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Ok, that last picture is really disturbing. :oops:
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First off let me say this in all assurance. I am full blooded Polish. I believe the hives you are looking at have a front entrance; one big, hinged door on the back; and a series of fixed starter strips at the top that would be perpendicular to you when you open the door. As far as I know the idea was you could open the door and look in and select which comb you wanted to take and cut or break it off. The bees could then rebuild. Kind of like a huge top bar hive.
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Ok, that last picture is really disturbing
the carving, or the one in your mind? :-D
look in and select which comb you wanted to take and cut or break it off.
so no removable frames? seems to me you could do removable frames without much trouble. someone would have to invent something to lift loose the first frame you wanted to pull but after that, sliding them free shouldn't be to hard. a regular hive tool would do it.
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Oh my neighbors would just LOVE that.....
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Contactme_11
Thanks for the reply, shame I can't find a picture of the back.
The original post I made above, I believe the fellow on the site called them greater-polish style hives, from long ago.
Thanks Again
Bee-Bop
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look in and select which comb you wanted to take and cut or break it off.
so no removable frames? seems to me you could do removable frames without much trouble. someone would have to invent something to lift loose the first frame you wanted to pull but after that, sliding them free shouldn't be to hard. a regular hive tool would do it.
I actually like the design but the 2 reasons I think they are no longer popular is the lack of removable frames, which I do think could be easily redesigned; and a hinged door, which most certainly would get glued shut with a huge amount of propolis.
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Contactme_11
Thanks for the reply, shame I can't find a picture of the back.
Look real close at the 2nd picture in the row.
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If anyone did not check them out. Make sure you look at the Gallery in the link that Bee-Bop posted. They are some beautiful pictures.
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I guess this one might be something Jeff could use at one of his comedy shows. You might be a redneck if you spend more time hand rubbing the finish on your life size, hand carved, woman's figure, bee hive than you do working on the honey do list, you might be a redneck. :-D :evil: