Beekeeping
Before hives with removable wooden frames were invented, bees were kept in a variety of hollow containers in which they were free to build comb just as they liked. The trouble with this arrangement was that the combs could not be removed to be inspected or moved from one hive to another, which made efficient beekeeping rather more difficult.
Information on beekeeping in medieval times is scarce. There are pictures in manuscripts of wicker hives and straw skeps. There is also written evidence of feeding bees in winter, using sulphur to kill bees to collect honey and wax and the moving of hives to the heather moors.
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