Box, Bee

Name/Title

Box, Bee

Entry/Object ID

2021.026.005

Description

A wood and mesh box for storing a package of bees before installing them into a hive. There is a metal can attached to the top that would have contained sweet syrup for the bees to feed on while in transit and before being let into their new home. Package is missing the queen excluder.

Collection

Pacific Rim Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Box, Bee

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Beekeeping

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Animal Care Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Animal Husbandry T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials