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Making a Coiled-Straw Bee Skep — The Traditional Beehive Before Wooden Boxes
The bee skep is the coiled-straw beehive that housed honeybees across Europe for roughly two thousand years, from antiquity into the 1800s, before wooden box hives replaced it. Using the same coiling technique as a straw basket, long rye straw is wound into a dome and stitched together with split cane. This blueprint builds a traditional skep by hand — from preparing the straw to the finished, weatherproofed hive ready to house a swarm.
Pertengahan
8
Arahan
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Harvest and clean long rye straw
Harvest and clean long rye straw
Cut long rye or wheat straw and strip off the seed heads and leaf sheaths, keeping the hollow stems long and unbroken for strong coils.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Jerami rai1 ikatAlatan diperlukan:
Pisau2
2
Split and soak the binding cane
Split and soak the binding cane
Split lengths of cane into thin flexible strips and soak them in water until pliable — these will sew the straw coils together.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Rotan belah1 ikat
Air3 literAlatan diperlukan:
Pisau3
3
Make the girth gauge
Make the girth gauge
Form a small open ring about 2.5 cm across (the traditional 'girth', often a cow-horn tip). Straw fed through it keeps every coil the same thickness.
Alatan diperlukan:
Tolok lilitan sarang lebah jerami4
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Bind the crown
Bind the crown
Take a small handful of straw, bend it into a tight knot to form the top knob of the skep, and lash it firmly with a strip of split cane.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Jerami rai1 ikatRotan belah1 meterAlatan diperlukan:
Jara5
5
Feed straw into an even rope
Feed straw into an even rope
Pass straw through the girth to form a continuous rope of even thickness, adding a few stems at a time so the bundle never thins as you work.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Jerami rai1 ikatAlatan diperlukan:
Tolok lilitan sarang lebah jerami6
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Sew the first coils to the crown
Sew the first coils to the crown
Coil the straw rope in a tight spiral around the crown. Push the awl through the coil below, pass split cane through, and pull each stitch snug about every 2 cm.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Rotan belah1 meterAlatan diperlukan:
Jara7
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Spiral outward to start the dome
Spiral outward to start the dome
Continue spiralling outward from the crown, binding each new coil to the one below. The domed top of the hive begins to take shape.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Jerami rai1 ikatRotan belah1 meterAlatan diperlukan:
Jara8
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Build the domed wall downward
Build the domed wall downward
Work the spiral down and out to build the wall, keeping the girth on the rope to hold thickness and every binding stitch tight and evenly spaced.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Jerami rai1 ikatRotan belah1 meterAlatan diperlukan:
JaraTolok lilitan sarang lebah jerami9
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Keep the courses even
Keep the courses even
Control how far each coil steps outward so the dome stays smooth and symmetrical. Steady, even courses make a strong, weathertight hive.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Jerami rai1 ikatAlatan diperlukan:
Jara10
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Widen to the finished base
Widen to the finished base
As you near the bottom, let the coils reach the finished diameter of about 35–40 cm — the standard size for a colony of bees.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Jerami rai1 ikatRotan belah1 meterAlatan diperlukan:
Jara11
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Cut the flight entrance
Cut the flight entrance
At the lower edge, cut a small entrance notch in a coil so the bees can come and go once the skep is set open-side down.
Alatan diperlukan:
Pisau12
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Finish and lock the base coil
Finish and lock the base coil
Complete the last coil at the base, taper off the straw rope, and lock the final binding stitches so the skep cannot unravel.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Rotan belah1 meterAlatan diperlukan:
Jara13
13
Trim the skep clean
Trim the skep clean
Trim protruding straw ends and stray cane with the knife to leave a clean rim and an even outer surface.
Alatan diperlukan:
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Clom the outside for weatherproofing
Clom the outside for weatherproofing
Smear a thin coat of cow-dung-and-clay daub over the straw to shed rain and seal drafts, then let it dry — the traditional 'clomming'.
Bahan untuk langkah ini:
Tahi lembu2 kg
Ball clay1 kg15
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Cure the finished skep
Cure the finished skep
Cure the skep in a dry, airy place. Once fully dry it is ready to hive a swarm — set open-side down on a board or stand.
Bahan
7- 1 ikatPemegang Tempat
- 1 meterPemegang Tempat
- 3 literPemegang Tempat
- 2 kgPemegang Tempat
- 1 kgPemegang Tempat
- 1 kepingPemegang Tempat
- 1 kepingPemegang Tempat
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