Tree beekeeping cultureBelarus, Poland
Representative List 2020
EN: Piotr Pi?asiewicz, Augustów. The founder of Bractwo Bartne while leziwo climbing the pine tree hive in Bia?owie?a forest, Poland
EN: Stanis?awa and Tadeusz Konopka from Kadizid?o in Kurpie. Tadeusz is the grandson of Konstanty. When tree beekeepers had to leave the forest on administrative demand in the XIX century, he moved 180 log hives o Tatary. Tadeusz and Stanis?awa are making wax candles in a traditional way using parts of amber to obtain a special aroma, Poland
EN: Teofil Py?k from Czarnia on Kurpie, owner of 8 hive logs. Son of Ryszard, tree beekeeper who had 30 log hives, Poland
EN: Tree-beekeeper stands near his tools and equipment for forest tree-beekeeper. There are a leather rope for climbing, a box made from bark of linden, a wooden wheel for lifting the log-hive, wooden pincers for wax pressing, a chisel on long handle for hollowing out cavities in a log-hive, a knife for cutting wax with honey, Belarus
EN: A tree-beekeeper in his costume with a box make from pine-wood. He is collecting honey from a log-hive on the tree. He has opened the wooden desk to have access to collect the honey wax, Belarus
EN: S?awomir Niemcewicz, Budwied?, Augustowska forest. He inherited 19 log hives from his grandfather. Nowadays, he keeps bees just in one log live, Poland
EN: Getting the wax from honeycomb melted in hot water; squeezing through the fabric with special wooden pincers, Belarus
EN: A tree-beekeeper with his family is near his log-hives, where he should make cavities for bees, Belarus
EN: Marek Kowalski from Zielonka. He takes care of one of 9 historical log hives of Krzysztof Heyke in Koby?ka, Poland
EN: Getting the wax from honeycomb melted in hot water: squeezing through the fabric with special wooden pincers, Belarus
