Putting bee-hives into mourning 1856
Telling the bees, traditional European custom in which bees would be told of an important event in the beekeepers life, such as long journeys, births, marriages and deaths. Engraving showing black crepe fabric been draped over the hive to symbolize the death in the family
Picture No
10024932
Media ID
47176931
Size
5550px x 3955px
(5.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in Cassell's Illustrated Family', 12 July 1856, page 221 and also in The Day's Doings', 19 November 1870
Date
1856
