clay/log hive correct answers simple fixed comb, had back door to harvest honey, earthenware
jars or hollowed tree trunks
gum hive correct answers upright log, had a roof and internal support structure to protect from
rain and allow the hive to build off it, popular into the 20th century
box hive correct answers very simple with no internal support, less primitive than gum and clay
hives, but still had fixed comb. needed to destroy wax comb to get honey
skep hive correct answers huge advancement, our modern idea of a beehive, made from woven
straw and support sticks, inspected from the bottom. fixed comb so had to kill colony to harvest,
but so cheap and easy to build they would kill the hive to collect the honey
advances in fixed comb hives correct answers 2 layer skeps, hole in the top with a cap, when
honey was being made a second skep was added on top to create a honey super
glass jars over holes with metal slides to allow bees to enter the jars and fill them with honey,
then slid shut, removed, and sold
top bar hives correct answers first removable comb hive. wood slats placed on top of a wicker
basket or clay pot. bees build comb on the slats, which can then be removed
leaf hives correct answers invented by francois huber. combs examined like pages in a book. first
movable comb hive
african rock art correct answers bees carefully studied and revered, shows accurate
representations of swarms
spanish rock art correct answers shows honey collection using a ladder, another shows combs
being carried in bags
bee traps correct answers used in prehistory, made of deer or other horn. capture one or a couple
of bees and close the door, release bees one at a time and follow them home
how did ancient beekeepers pacify bees? correct answers smoke, dust or honey water used, while
burning cow dung was used to harvest honey. sophisticated practice, had been conducted for
thousands of years predating early societies
reverend lorenzo langstroth correct answers described the importance of the bee space,
revolutionizing beekeeping, stopping bees from adding wax between frames. modern hive not
dissimilar to his first hive
modern fixed comb hives correct answers no longer legal to keep bees in, DOA must inspect
combs to prevent disease outbreak
, honey robbing in 18th century german correct answers forest beekeepers would harvest honey
through doors cut in the back of the tree. Used ladders or ropes and branded trees to lay claim,
wouldn't destroy the colony or tree, but would cut out a section of the tree behind the hive to
avoid guard bees, take honey, then seal it back up with mud
bee space correct answers transformed beekeeping improving movable comb hives by
eliminating bees building between frames, by rev. lorenzo langstroth in 1852
wax foundation correct answers helped to build comb faster, wax was pressed between two
engraved planks, later reinforced with wire, increases honey production as bees don't waste
energy on wax
bellowed smoker correct answers 1870, added bellow to smoker to improve fire longevity and
direction of smoke
radial honey extractor correct answers 1865, flung honey from the comb without destroying them
4 important modern beekeeping developments correct answers bee space, wax foundation,
bellowed smoker, radial honey extractor
mythology correct answers bees often associated with religion and afterlife, wild nests often
thought to be entrances to underworld/afterlife
baby zeus protected by sacred bees, known as melissae guards
dionysus credited with inventing beekeeping, god of bees and honey
ox-born bee correct answers belief that bees were spontaneously generated from dead oxen, with
"king" bees coming from marrow or brain and "ordinary" bees from flesh
tanging correct answers belief that swarms of bees would settle if a loud noise is made
bees in buddhism correct answers honey comb being offered to buddha by a monkey, bees and
honey were also very important in indian culture and religion
bees in koran correct answers book of the bee, made to eat of all flowers and make medicine for
men
bees in the bible correct answers many references to bees, honey and honeycomb
myrrh is a resin from certain trees in eastern africa-- probably propolis
deborah is hebrew for bee