>Does anyone on this list know the history of who ,when,where etc. it >was
>first discovered that bees could be enticed to build their hives in >boxes?
>Are these called skeps? My gr. gr. grandfather was evidently doing
>this in
>>upstate NY in the early 1800s. I was curious as to how early they >began to do
>this.
 
Susan
 
Hi susan,
 
Pottery vessels were used to keep bees 5000 B.C. (from "The hive and the
honey bee" edited by Dadant and Son's, USA. chapter 1)
 
Phil