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| bee boles, Cumbria | ||||
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| Bees used to be kept in a bee skep, made of straw. To protect the bee skeps from rain
they were put in a recess in a stone wall, like an aumbrey or little cupboard without
a door, called a bee bole. Most of the surviving bee boles in Westmorland and Cumberland
were built in the 17th or 18th centuries. They are usually in the wall of a garden
or orchard, near a house. |
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| Wooden bee hives stand out in the rain. |
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| There are many bee boles in Cumbria. Townsley, Ian: 1999: has a comprehensive list.
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| Only a few are visible from a public road or path. |
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| MN photo:- |
 CDE36.jpg Bee skep at the Museum of Lakeland Life. (taken 3.6.2015)  CGW03.jpg Bee skep at the Dales Countryside Museum. (taken 8.11.2017) |
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Bee Bole House, Blawith and Subberthwaite, Water Yeat, SD288891 -- House name; given after a 'person who knew about bee boles', living in Blawith, told the new owners the garden seat built into a wall was a bee bole. (photo 11.1.2008) | ||
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Harberwain, Crosby Ravensworth, NY60731498 -- Bee boles? (photo 10.11.2007) | ||
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King's Arms, Hilton, NY733206 -- Bee boles. (photo 24.7.2011) | ||
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| references, Cumbria:- |
Gray, Anna: 2005: Taste of Honey (leaflet): Cumbria Fells and Dales Leader+ Program Townsley, Ian: 1999: Feasibility Study of using Grant Funding for Conserving Bee boles and Related Structures in the Lake District National Park: (Manchester Metropolitan University):: 4 page list of bee boles in the national park area |
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| references:- |
: 1974: Honeybee, The: British Museum, Natural History : 1979: British Bee Books: International Bee Research Association:: ISBN 0 86098 074 4 Butler, C G: 1954: World of the Honeybee: Collins (London) Fraser, H Malcolm: 1931: Beekeeping in Antiquity: U of London Press Fraser, H Malcolm: 1958: History of Beekeeping in Britain: Bee Research Assoc Grout, Roy A (ed): 1963 (revised): Hive and the Honey Bee, The: Dadant and Sons Hooper, Ted: 1976: Guide to Bees and Honey: Blandford:: ISBN 0 7137 0782 8 Howes, F N: 1979 (revised): Plants and Beekeeping: Faber and Faber:: ISBN 0 571 04987 7 Mace, Herbert: 1976: Complete Handbook of Beekeeping, the: Ward Lock:: ISBN 0 7063 1615 0 More, Daphne: 1976: Bee Book, The: David and Charles:: ISBN 0 7153 7268 8 Ribbands, C R: 1953: Behaviour and Social Life of Honeybees: Bee Research Association (London) Root, A I: 1962 (32nd edn): ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, The: Root, A I and Co (Medina, Ohio, USA) Staniforth, Arthur: 1981: Straw and Straw Craftsmen: Shire Publications:: ISBN 0 85263 575 3; making a bee skep Wedmore, E B: 1975 (reprint of 2nd edn): Manual of Beekeeping, A::: ISBN 0 085668 040 0 Wildman, Thomas: 1970 (facsimile): Treatise on the Management of Bees 1770::: ISBN 0 901571 37 7 |
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| person:- | : International Bee Research Association |
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