Some publications on beekeeping structures used to shelter skeps

(listed in date order)

Crane, E. (1983) The archaeology of beekeeping (London: Duckworth), Chapters 7 and 8; distribution map (1981) on pp. 248-9.

Crane, E.; Walker, P. (1984-85) Evidence on Welsh beekeeping in the past. Folk Life, 23: 21-48; also 24: 121-123 (1985-86)

Foster, A. M. (1986) Bee boles in Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 80, 176-183.

Walker, P. (1987) Past beekeeping in Yorkshire: evidence from bee boles and other local sources. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 59: 119-137.

Foster, A. M. (1988) Bee boles and bee houses (Princes Risborough, Bucks: Shire Publications – Shire Album 204)

Walker, P. (1988a) Bee boles in Kent. Archaeologia Cantiana, 106: 107-127.

Walker, P. (1988b) Bee boles and past beekeeping in Scotland. Review of Scottish Culture, No. 4: 105-117.

Walker, P.; Linnard, W. (1990) Bee boles and other beekeeping structures in Wales. Archaeologia Cambrensis, 139: 56-73.

Walker, P.; Crane, E. (1991) Bee shelters and bee boles in Cumbria. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 91: 237-262. See also update by Green, E. (1997) Bee boles and related structures in Furness and Cartmel. ibid., 97: 231-236.

Walker, P. (1992) Cumbria’s bee boles. Abbot Hall Quarto, 30(2): 27-29.

Walker, P.; Ogden, R. B. (1995) Bee boles and other beekeeping structures in Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and the Arts, 127: 97-119.

Walker, P. (1996) Bee boles in Yorkshire. Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group Annual Journal, 42-43.

Crane, E.; Walker, P. (1998) Irish beekeeping in the past. Ulster Folklife, 44: 45-59.

Crane, E.; Walker, P. (2000) Wall recesses for bee hives. Antiquity, 74: 805-811.

Walker, P; Crane, E. (2000) The history of beekeeping in English gardens. Garden History, 28(2): 231-261 [includes a list of sites with structures, by county]

Crane, E; Walker, P. (2001) Winter bee houses and cellars. Local History Magazine, No. 86: 10-13. Also published in Beekeepers Quarterly, No. 68: 12-14 (2002).

Walker, P; Crane, E. (2004) Stone structures used in France for protecting traditional bee hives. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 5: 245-255