Wall Recesses for Traditional, Medieval, and Ancient Hives in Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6434971 |
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| Authors | Georgios Mavrofridis (0000-0001-8713-4797), Theodora Petanidou (0000-0003-1883-0945) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 234-254 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2166-3548 • E-ISSN: 2166-3556 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.13.3.0234 |
| OpenAlex | W4415151401 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This article examines the wall recesses (aka bee boles) used in Greece for the protection of the different types of mobile hives since at least the third century BCE to the middle twentieth century. The research, mainly based on fieldwork carried out over the last 18 years, revealed that the bee boles in Greece varied in shape and size, depending on the type of hives they housed. They also differed as to the structures in which they were created: in the Greek mainland, inside the walls of bee enclosures, courtyards, and houses; in the Greek islands, often within the drystone walls of agricultural terraces. We believe that the same held true both in the Middle Ages and in antiquity, although the bee boles that have come to light to date from archaeological excavations are not located in terrace walls
Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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