Skeps or reed hives are still in widespread use in Africa and elsewhere. However, one thing they all do is to coat the outside in mud or clay to seal the hive and protect the occupants from wind and above all the rain as bees hate the damp. You might want to try that next time...
skeps or reed hives are still in widespread use in Afrioca and elsewhere. However, one thing they all do is to coat the outside in mud or clay to seal the hive and protect the occupants from wind and above all the rain as bees hate the damp. You might want to try that next time...
I'd like to see the rest of your process, and the final product, when you finish. Good work! I've found these Lutrell Psalter vids, very entertaining.
There will be a short film featuring recreated scenes from the psalter and a series of documentaries about how we did it and the historical background. Some of the documentaries will be online here and some will be exclusive to the DVD that should be available next year some time.
We're basing it on the illustration in the Luttrell Psalter, which we showed to a variety of experts and they all agreed it was made of willow. We didn't manage to get any bees into it due to all the rain we've been having but we did find a ready-made willow skep with bees in it and have filmed that. We'll try to get bees in our skep next year and will have a documentary following our attempts uploaded here.
Skeps or reed hives are still in widespread use in Africa and elsewhere. However, one thing they all do is to coat the outside in mud or clay to seal the hive and protect the occupants from wind and above all the rain as bees hate the damp. You might want to try that next time...
scubadoo66 1 year ago
skeps or reed hives are still in widespread use in Afrioca and elsewhere. However, one thing they all do is to coat the outside in mud or clay to seal the hive and protect the occupants from wind and above all the rain as bees hate the damp. You might want to try that next time...
scubadoo66 1 year ago
I can't wait for video Parts 2, 3, and...
I'd like to see the rest of your process, and the final product, when you finish. Good work! I've found these Lutrell Psalter vids, very entertaining.
HLEleanor 2 years ago
PS This is a really fantastic series of videos! Will it come out as a full-length film eventually?
viverra 4 years ago
There will be a short film featuring recreated scenes from the psalter and a series of documentaries about how we did it and the historical background. Some of the documentaries will be online here and some will be exclusive to the DVD that should be available next year some time.
WAGScreen 4 years ago
Traditional bee skeps are made from braided or twisted straw, coiled and laced together.
Where did you get the idea that skeps should be made like a basket?
viverra 4 years ago
We're basing it on the illustration in the Luttrell Psalter, which we showed to a variety of experts and they all agreed it was made of willow. We didn't manage to get any bees into it due to all the rain we've been having but we did find a ready-made willow skep with bees in it and have filmed that. We'll try to get bees in our skep next year and will have a documentary following our attempts uploaded here.
WAGScreen 4 years ago
@WAGScreen There is a video on youtube from the Jack Hargreaves programmes "Out of town" in which he spends time with a traditional skep maker
750triton 1 year ago