Putting bee-hives into mourning 1856

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Putting bee-hives into mourning 1856

Telling the bees, traditional European custom in which bees would be told of an important event in the beekeepers life, such as long journeys, births, marriages and deaths. Engraving showing black crepe fabric been draped over the hive to symbolize the death in the family.
1856

Media ID 32214758

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1856 Beehives Beekeeping Bees Births Cloth Crepe Custom Deaths Draping Fabric Funeral Funerals Hive Hives Keepers Marriages Mourning Normandy Putting Singular Telling Tradition Traditions

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