Apiary Collection

Beekeeper, 1872. Artist: Kramskoi, Ivan Nikolayevich (1837-1887)
Beekeeper, 1872. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Cupid Bringing and Honeycomb to Venus, 1541. Creator: Hans Brosamer
Cupid Bringing and Honeycomb to Venus, 1541

Peasant apiary near Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Peasant apiary near Gagra, [Abkhazia/Georgia], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

The Bee Farmer, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

At the bee yard, 1890. Artist: Samokish-Sudkovskaya, Elena Petrovna (1863-1924)
At the bee yard, 1890. Found in the collection of the Regional A. Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk

Illustration for the Georgics by Virgil, 1450-1499. Artist: Coetivy Master (active c. 1450-1485)
Illustration for the Georgics by Virgil, 1450-1499. Found in the collection of the The Huntington, California

Apiary of wooden hives, Lismore, Ireland, 1890. A woman in a protective veil using bellows to puff smoke into a hive to render bees less aggressive before opening the hive

Beekeepers preparing to take a swarm, 18th century. At the bottom of the tree are straw beehives (skeps) used in the apiary

Albert, Prince Consort, showing his hives to Queen Victoria. Albert (1819-1861) introduced improved bee hives to the royal apiaries

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