Re: Re: Setting the scene

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_NsRsJ_qs8DZPAxdyXDJXSRFpRQ2ayrMtmyROzgM6K4y_wDFVmiH8GbtUsgboMfj-Vw>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:32:30 -0500

I fear I must disagree. Over the last few days I've been looking into what was done in the iron age - those links were great. Seems beehives WERE more common than I thought. And apparnetly, they were left much to their own devices. It MAY be that there was someone who farmed out the hives to different steads... that would bring in a goddi ever so often - and make the need for every stead to have an Aunt Gertrude the Bee fancier.

Jeff

Giles Hill wrote:
>
> Why should every stead have beehives? They are labour intensive,
> difficult
> to look after except for the skilled apiarist, time and effort that
> can be
> better spent elsewhere. I know that there are practical reasons to
> have bees
> other than honey, but bees have a range that would exceed the span of
> a
> single stead.
>
> My vote says that Bee hives are not typical.
>
> Giles
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Subject: Re: Setting the scene
>
> > Jeff Kyer wrote:
> >
> > >I don't think EVERY stead has beehives. I'd
> > >prefer a more 'typical' stead.
> >
> > The majority will have beehives, hence it *is* typical. People keep
> bees
> > for more than just their byproducts... they are an important aspect
> of
> > the fertilization of certain crops. I'm not just off on a bee
> fetish,
> > Jeff. I've done my homework.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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