2007
ST1177 : Bee skeps at St Fagans
taken 19 years ago, near to St Fagans, Cardiff/Caerdydd, Wales

Bee skeps at St Fagans
Along with many other rural bygones at the Museum of Welsh Life is this structure to house bees. The straw skeps were used for centuries before the modern hive was invented. Their great disadvantage was that the honeycombs could not be removed without killing the bees.
