Bee gums
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Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by function> > agricultural structures > animal housing (farm structures) > apiaries > beehives (apiaries)
Descripción
Beehives located in a hollow tree or log. The term derives from the use of Black Gum trees for this practice in the southern United States. Natural hollowed trees, often modified by humans, have long been used by beekeepers of Europe; the practice continued in the Americas. Eventually, practice evolved so that harvested sections of hollow trees were set upright in apiaries, often with sticks inserted for support of the honeycomb. As with bee skeps, harvest of honey from a bee gum destroys the colony. For a general reference to bee nests, use the broader "beehives (apiaries)."
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Otros términos
- bee gum [en]
- gums, bee [en]
- bee-gums [en]