Engraving depicting a beekeeper. Top: a feeding bottle which would be filled with syrup to replenish stores after honey is extracted, and a fumigating bellows for controlling parasites. Bottom: performing a small-scale extraction of honey from the comb. Dated 19th century

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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