[WorkingClassFilth]

Bees are still kept like that all over the world with the exception that many cultures use wooden gums made from tree limbs/trunks instead of fashioning the clay cylinders. Whatever works - the most important thing is probably that the cavity has acceptable dimensions and seems secure the bees. Despite the thousands of years of the human-bee relationship, bees are still not domesticated - the best we can do is to accommodate them and hope that they'll do the rest.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks WCF!

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