Honey Talks: Comics Inspired by Painted Beehive Panels

Honey Talks: Comics Inspired by Painted Beehive Panels. "...Painted beehive panels are a part of Slovene cultural heritage of national importance. They are a variety of folk art created largely by and for the Slovene lower (rural) classes. Painted beehives appeared after the middle of the 18th century in the Slovene ethnic territory, achieved their greatest flowering in the period between 1820 and 1880, and died out in the early 20th century in the face of changed socio-economic conditions and new ideas. Painted beehives were in general use at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th in southern Carinthia, north-west Slovene Styria, central and northern Carniola and part of the Gorizia region. Their emergence and application are linked with the ascent of bee-keeping as one of the most profitable economic activities in 19th century. Outside the mentioned territory, thousands of painted beehives were spread to European countries by trading with live bees." Also... the same project In Slovene.