[sleafordbka] Re: Beekeeping
- From: simon croson <sicroson@xxxxxx>
- To: "sleafordbka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sleafordbka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 19:45:43 +0100
Why on earth we are teaching such detail on skip hives has to bee questioned?
Simon Croson
Sicroson@xxxxxx
Www.sicroson.com
On 14 May 2011, at 19:15, martin robinson <martinrobinson26@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Roy et al...
> No1.
> Before the advent of the modern movable frame hive bees were kept in straw
> skeps. The space available to the bees was limited so they regularly swarmed
> (a natural method of colony reproduction) which served to replace the
> colonies which were killed to obtain the honey. The space for the bees could
> be enlarged by adding an extra chamber called an eke (hence the term to eke
> something out) and to protect the hive from the weather a straw hackle was
> added. This was roughly a cone shaped device to deflect the rain. Sayings
> such as "to eke out" and "raising the hackles" have passed into common usage.
>
> No2.burgonia the only thing I can think this means unless you have the
> context to which it refers is French & Spanish for Burgundy
> http://ccgi.esperanto.plus.com/lfn/dictionary.pdf
>
> Regards Martin Robinson
>
>
>
> --- On Sat, 14/5/11, Roy <roy.parker14@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Roy <roy.parker14@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [sleafordbka] Beekeeping
> To: sleafordbka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, 14 May, 2011, 15:23
>
> Hi. There,
>
> Can someone out there with a beekeepers encyclopedia please answer these
> questions?
>
> 1. What is a hackle?
> 2. What does burgonia mean?
>
> These are questions from the section 4 in the Course In a Case. (History
> questions)
>
> If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roy.
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