CRETE - TRADITIONAL BEEKEEPING (DOCUMENTARY)

BEELOSOPHY documents traditional beekeeping with movable-comb hives, with the assistance of some of its last living bearers. Special emphasis is put on vraskia, the upright clay hives of Crete. https://www.beelosophy.gr/en/ergo/bee... Cover photo: Α beekeeper examines a honeycomb from a Cretan open-at-the-top-and-bottom movable-comb basket hive, 1938 Photo: Penelope (Popi) Papadopoulou, Institute of Agricultural Sciences Archive, Greece The action was supported by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and held under its auspices Auspices: BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION OF RETHYMNO «THYMOS» HELLENIC SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY OF APICULTURE-SERICULTURE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE OF ERITHRES