ABSTRACT
An entry for 1483 in Excerpta Cypria (Cobham, 1908) described the hiving of bees into wall recesses (Section 16.5), and entries for 1484, 1571, 1609-1621 and 1700 referred to honey - some to an abundance
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of it. The first reference to hive beekeeping dates from 1801. 'In the cottages of Attien they build up a wall formed entirely of earthen cylinders each about 3 feet in length placed one above the other horizontally, and close their extremities with mortar. This wall is then covered with a shed, and upwards of 100 swarms may thus be maintained within a very small compass.'
