Bee boles in a garden wall at Dale Head Farm

Date:
Jun 1980
Location:
Dale Head Farm, Bee Boles, Westerdale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Reference:
AA80/03469
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Bees were an important element within the rural economy, both for the production of honey and for pollinating fruit trees. Bee boles were often built into south facing walls to hold skeps - coiled straw hives, used before the widespread introduction of wooden hives.

Content

This is part of the Collection: NMR07 NMR Accessioned Negatives - Catalogued

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

Keywords

Hanoverian Bee Bole