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<p>Udegbulam: /* External links: */</p> <hr /> <div>An '''apiarist''' is a [[bee]]keeper. In [[period]], these people were [[craftsman|craftsmen]], although there weren't as many of them as say carpenters or butchers. They were the source of [[wax]] (used for hardening [[leather]], making [[candle]]s, sealing letters, [[jewellery]] making) and [[honey]] (natural sweetener, also used in [[mead]]).<br /> <br /> Apiarists would often maintain many hives. Hives, known as [[skep]]s, were made of woven straw in a large cup shape, and could hold about 18 litres. No more than 40 were recommended to be held on a quarter acre of land.<br /> <br /> An interesting article regarding beekeeping in period is by Edmund Southerne, &quot;A treatise concerning the right use and ordering of bees&quot;, 1593.<br /> <br /> The [[patron]] [[saint]] for beekeeping may be one of the [[St Bartholomew]]s. The bee-&gt;honey-&gt;mead-&gt;much joy association was one of the major reasons behind the choice of names for the [[SCA]] [[College of St Bartholomew]].<br /> ==External links:==<br /> *[http://www.florilegium.org/files/ANIMALS/Beekeeping-AS-art.html| Beekeeping art]<br /> <br /> *[http://www.writers.ph/ writing jobs]<br /> [[category:arts]] <br /> [[category:occupation (medieval)]]</div>

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