Queen Bee and Workers, Bee-keeping in Cyprus Thematic Issue, Republic of Cyprus
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Title
Queen Bee and Workers, Bee-keeping in Cyprus Thematic Issue, Republic of Cyprus
Description
Bee-keeping in Cyprus has a history going back many centuries and visitors today to monasteries and villages can still come across beehives which are tended by monks and village folk.
Dennis Possot, a priest on his way to the Holy Places landed in Cyprus in 1533.On a visit to a village he noted that the bees were inside the houses and that on the outside of the walls were little holes where the bees went in and out; the wax and the honey were inside the houses. The Reverend Edward David Clarke who visited Cyprus in 1801 wrote: In these little cottages we found very large establishments for bees, but all the honey thus made is demanded by the Governor so that keeping these insects is only considered as the means of an additional tax. Bees have the ability to fly two to three miles to find some nectar, and it takes two million flowers to make 1lb. (453.9 grams) of honey. The bee was a Napoleonic Imperial Symbol. St. Ambrose is the patron of bee-keepers.
Dennis Possot, a priest on his way to the Holy Places landed in Cyprus in 1533.On a visit to a village he noted that the bees were inside the houses and that on the outside of the walls were little holes where the bees went in and out; the wax and the honey were inside the houses. The Reverend Edward David Clarke who visited Cyprus in 1801 wrote: In these little cottages we found very large establishments for bees, but all the honey thus made is demanded by the Governor so that keeping these insects is only considered as the means of an additional tax. Bees have the ability to fly two to three miles to find some nectar, and it takes two million flowers to make 1lb. (453.9 grams) of honey. The bee was a Napoleonic Imperial Symbol. St. Ambrose is the patron of bee-keepers.
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Designer: S. Yiassemidis
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
TIFF
Language
EL, EN
Type
Identifier
1989-BEE-18C
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Provenance
Alex Matsoukis, Athens
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Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Queen Bee and Workers, Bee-keeping in Cyprus Thematic Issue, Republic of Cyprus ,” Αψίδα, accessed November 23, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/13133.