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Vintage bee-keeping collectibles are a honey of a find — Country Living

HUNT. ANTIQUES & TREASURES FOR A MORE COLLECTED LIFE The Bee’s Knees From skeps to smokers, vintage beekeeping collectibles are a honey of a find. Basket Case Prior to the invention of the Langstroth wood hive (see below), bee skeps served as homes for domesticated colonies of the honey-producing insects. Typically handcoiled from wheat straw, rye, and other natural materials, the upturned baskets provided a dark, dry space for bees to form their honeycomb. Impractical for modern-day…

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