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Bee boles at Fulham Palace
Bee boles are recesses in a wall to hold a bee skep, a coiled-straw hive used until wooden hives were introduced in the 19th Century.
There is a register of bee boles and other beekeeping structures, see Link
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At Fulham Palace there were three bee boles in a Tudor brick wall built in the 15th Century. The recesses have been filled in with bricks. The top part of the wall above the bee boles was rebuilt in the 19th Century. The wall faces North-West.
The recesses were about 36cm (14") wide and 47cm (16.5") high with a rounded top. The base of two was about 61cm (24") from the ground, of the other was 91cm (36"). The wall appears to be about 46cm (18") thick. There is nothing the other side of the wall to show that the recesses were there, so they were probably about 23cm (9") deep,
There is a register of bee boles and other beekeeping structures, see Link
.At Fulham Palace there were three bee boles in a Tudor brick wall built in the 15th Century. The recesses have been filled in with bricks. The top part of the wall above the bee boles was rebuilt in the 19th Century. The wall faces North-West.
The recesses were about 36cm (14") wide and 47cm (16.5") high with a rounded top. The base of two was about 61cm (24") from the ground, of the other was 91cm (36"). The wall appears to be about 46cm (18") thick. There is nothing the other side of the wall to show that the recesses were there, so they were probably about 23cm (9") deep,
Created: Fri, 4 Jun 2010, Updated: Sat, 5 Jun 2010
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