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English: Straw skep in section, showing arrangement of Combs.

A, Vertical section.
 fb, Floor board.
 e, Entrance.
 br, Brood.
 p, Pollen.
 h, Honey.
 fh, Feeding hole.
 bs, bs, Bee spaces.
B, Horizontal section.
 sk, Skep-side.
 c, c, Combs.
 sc, sc, Store combs.
 bs, bs, Bee spaces.
(from Cheshire’s Bees and Bee-keeping, Scientific and Practical.)

Illustration from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, article Bee
Date
Source Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 3, Page 630
Author Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911

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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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