Beehive Created from a Hollow Log, 1850-1900
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Colonists who relocated from European countries and settled in North America imported Apis mellifera to ensure access to honey and to sustain crops that they moved with their bees. When honeybees swarmed into hollow trees, colonists sometimes cut out the tree and moved it closer to their gardens, orchards, and clover fields to keep honey close to the kitchen table.
Colonists who relocated from European countries and settled in North America imported Apis mellifera to ensure access to honey and to sustain crops that they moved with their bees. When honeybees swarmed into hollow trees, colonists sometimes cut out the tree and moved it closer to their gardens, orchards, and clover fields to keep honey close to the kitchen table.
Artifact
Beehive (Apiary)
Date Made
1850-1900
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.228.13
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 18 in
Width: 11.5 in
Length: 12.5 in
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