Re: Re: Setting the scene

From: giles_hill_at_axY_CDojU4GcZIirQ1q8Z4WgEweg9BbjHxK2k4D4CvAjliZWLfvp_9i3NyItWAEzs
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 22:58:31 -0000


OK I take it back, if what we are talking about is effectively cultivating a natural resource. I haven't read anything about Iron age bee keeping (although my brother keeps and maintains 8 hives and it seems to a hell of a lot of his time.)

"Hrothgard bind the corn stalks more tightly, if the drafts get into the hive, King Bee will not leave his mark upon the hive this sacred time and the bees will not come as the days get longer and warmer"

G

> 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 -----
> > From: "Michael Schwartz" <mschwartz_at_Vl6Q7L4XLbKO4fFvHb7rgfS3vthUMBphwbN0L6B9rzgpWErCuZG8Lf67DsdprGwa-_E_u3QD25PulQ3GighPonRHAQ.yahoo.invalid>
> > To: "Stead Project" <stormsteads_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 2:22 PM
> > 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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