Beekeeping Museum

April 25, 2007

I found these beautiful pictures from the Prokopovych Beekeeping Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine.  Each of the photos below are actual functional bee hives.  The entrance to the hive on the left, for example, is through the guard’s mouth.  Same goes for the mouths of the two in the center.

Lots more amazing pictures of these hives over at John’s Beekeeping Notebook.

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