Among the strangest beehives in the world ara the painted wooden figures found in a small village in Selesia. The oldest is said to date back to the early years of the seventh century, when the property on which it stands belonged to a monastery. The latest were carved more than .100 years ago. The bees go in and out through a hole in the head, and there is a detachable board in the front of each figure to permit the remoVal of honey the bees colleet.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 289, 1 August 1932, Page 7
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