ATTENTION: I concluded my beekeeping journey in August 2013. For various reasons, I stopped blogging shortly after arriving in India and never resumed.

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- Dillon Blankenship, 20 February, 2018.

03 March, 2013

Modern Egyptian Beekeeping (in Pictures)


Minia University Apiary

Langstroth Hive with Carniolan Bees




Return to SEKEM - little kids running around pigeon houses


Hornet Trap



Evolution of Hives for A.m. lamarkii at SEKEM

Since my last visit Eslaam, SEKEM's primary beekeeper, had moved the combs transplanted from the clay hives onto  top bars.


Very clever innovation for attaching comb to a top bar. After some time the bees secure it themselves. I have seen other people use string which is later removed by the bees, but the pictured method seems to work better on the unique round comb.



Great Success!


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  1. Unknown12 June, 2014 11:39

    Dillon could you explain that method of attaching comb to the top bars? How is it attached to the pipe? And how is the pipe attached to the top bar? Thanks for sharing these pictures.

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