1. 15 – 20,000 YEARS AGO

3. EGYPT 5,000 YEARS AGO

4. WRITTEN REPORTS FROM 3,000 YEARS AGO DETAILING MIGRATORY BEEKEEPING

5. INSIDE A CLAY TUBE HIVE

6. SKEPS FROM MIDDLE AGES

7. SKEPS ARE STILL USED IN PARTS OF EUROPE

8. INSIDE A SKEP

9. SMOKING THE BEES
NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE THINK OF WHEN THINKING OF USING SMOKE TO CALM BEES

11. SKEPS AND GUMS

12. MAYBE THE FIRST MOVEABLE FRAME HIVE

13. Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (25 December 1810 – October 6, 1895)

15. FIRST MADE IN 1851

16. STILL CALLED LANGSTROTH HIVES
MOVEABLE FRAME HIVES ARE THE LAW OF THE LAND IN THE UNITED STATES

17. TRACHEAL MITES
FIRST FOUND IN THIS COUNTRY IN 1984

18. VARROA MITES
FIRST FOUND IN THIS COUNTRY IN 1987