The Skeppist - Bee Craft Ltd
The base (or roof) of the skep is flat, with a small hole in the centre. A letterbox entrance is cut into the straw an inch or two above floor level. These skeps are used as brood chambers. …
Make your own Bee Skep | Beespoke Info
2013年11月29日 · Once upon a time, all beekeepers would have made their own skeps using materials they could find locally. The theory of skep-making is simple enough: a length of …
The Bee Friendly Skep Project – Bee Friendly Trust
The Bee Friendly Skep Project aims to bring bee boles, bee alcoves, bee houses and bee shelters, once valued spaces, to life, using them as launchpads to start fresh conversations …
What Is A Bee Skep? A Complete Guide - Bee Professor
2024年3月18日 · Bee skeps were popular manmade hives used to harvest honey and beeswax. Skeppers painstakingly handmade these bottomless dome-shaped baskets. They used cane …
Bee skep making - Heritage Crafts
Bee skeps can be split into two categories: Wicker skeps also known as an ‘alveary’ – possibly the preferred way of crafting bee-skeps before the Anglo-Saxon era.
Bee Buzz Box - June 2019 Art thou a skeppist? Part I The origins …
2019年6月16日 · Many were skilled artisans producing a wide variety of skep designs ranging from simple domes to peaked structures with weather protecting hackles through to flat-topped …
How To Make A Bee Skep - Our Hopeful Home
2019年7月22日 · Most U.S. states outlawed skeps around 1998 since the bees can not be inspected for parasites and disease like they can in a modern-day man-made bee hive. But …
Traditional Bee Skep, Straw Beehives swarm collecting skeps, …
2024年11月11日 · Strong and long-lasting, the skep can be placed inside out outdoors. The ancient skill of 'lippi-work', coiling straw to create a 'Bee-Skep' (traditional Bee-hive) dates …
The bottom flat topped skep goes through the winter, and has a hole in the top that is opened when a "super" skep is placed on top. At the end of the season the top skep is removed and …
Bee skeps: the lost art of beautiful woven hives
A skep is a traditional style of beehive that was used for centuries, especially in Europe. Skeps have the shape of a thimble or an upside-down flowerpot, with a rounded top and an open …