May 19, 2018
We couldn’t let the occasion of the first World Bee Day (May 20) go without notice, as not only is Slovenia home to the gentle and industrious Carnolian Grey, but it was also the prime mover behind this new addition to the calendar.
On this week’s trip the archives we thus pulled out a selection of old photos of vintage beehives and beekeepers, along with a few wooden men who accompanied the art, craft and culture of apiary in this nation, keeping hives their bodies.
All of these images were sourced from Wikimedia, and scanned by the Slovenski etnografski muzej, an interesting museum that's nearby by Metelkova, and no far from the general pedestrianised area. Many of the pictures were taken by Boris Orel, the focus of an earlier post looking at his work documenting folk material culture in Slovenia.
Painted beehive panels, 1952. Photo: Boris Orel
Beehives, Vipava, 1958. Photo: Boris Orel
Francka Lešnjak, beekeeper, 1952. Photo: Boris Orel
Beehive in a log, Rašica, 1960. Photo: Boris Orel
Front of a beehive man, 1950. Photo: Boris Orel
Back of a beehive man, 1950. Photo: Boris Orel
Beekeeper, Lome, 1959. Photo: Pavla Štrukelj
Beekeeper and hives, Rožnik, 1964. Photo: Fanči Šarf
Another wooden man, this one using his hand to provide a rest at the entrance to the hive, Kočarija, 1956. Photo: Boris Orel
Boys with some bees, near Soča, 1952. Photo: Boris Orel
1964. Photo: Boris Kuhar
1964. Photo: Boris Kuhar
1964. Photo: Boris Kuhar
1962. Photo: Pavla Štrukelj
