Skep, bee
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0645.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STRAW OR GRASS/ WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 52.0 cm
- Height
- 32.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Apiculture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1890
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A FORM OF BEEHIVE - Technical
-
IN ENGLAND & CONTINENTAL EUROPE, THE HANDMADE STRAW KEP WAS LARGELY EMPLOYED INSTEAD OF WOOD HIVES. THE BEES BUILT THEIR OWN COMBS, AS IN BOX HIVES, THE SUPERS WERE SOMETIMES USED TIH FLAT TOPPED SKEPS. THE STRAW KEEPS THE HIVE COOL IN SUMMER & WARM IN WINTER. THIS TYPE OF HIVE WAS ALMOST UNKNOWN IN THE U.S. (ROOT, P.655) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 08/25/1997 by Carrie Misener: No - Complete
- Finish
- SKEP CONSISTS OF A COILED BASKET, CYLINDRICAL WITH A FLAT BOTTOM & ROUNDED SIDES. THE CONTINUOUS COIL IS FORMED BY A THICK ROPE OF GRASS OR STRAW HELD TOGETHER BY A THIN WOOD SPLINT WOUND AROUND IT, WITH EACH TURN PASSING THROUGH THE UPPER EDGE OF THE COIL BELOW,HOLDING COILS TOGETHER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Skep, bee, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1981.0645, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0645.001/
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