HO Apiary

Brand
Modellbahn Union
product type
buildings
technical & model details
scale	1:87
material & finish	Lasercut Kit
gauge	HO gauge
Age notice	not suitable under 14 years
country
Germany
era
era I
era II
era III
era IV
era V
era VI

Model: HO gauge. Lasercut kit made of colored architectural cardboard. Dimensions L x W x H: 87 x 54 x 40 mm. Precise scale replication of the building in the Lower Rhine Open-Air Museum in Grefrath in the Viersen district. The Modellbahn Union in cooperation with the Grefrath open-air museum authentically replicates the museum buildings as models in 1:87 and 1: 160. The training apiary was established in 1963 by the "Beekeeping Association Oedt and Environment". Initially, the wooden house was in the bird sanctuary in Grefrath-Oedt. In order to make the knowledge about beekeeping and bees accessible to a larger audience, the apiary and bee colony came to the museum in 2009. Since then, the members of the beekeeping association have given visitors everything they need to know about bees. The use of honey can be traced back to the Stone Age. Beekeeping also has a long history, and it flourished in Europe during the Middle Ages. Beehives were kept especially in the monasteries, since there, in addition to honey as a food and medicinal product, wax was also used for the candles. In the Middle Ages, a distinction was made between the profession of beekeepers and forest beekeepers: the former kept the bee colonies in specially designed straw baskets. The forest beekeeper, the so-called Zeidler, however, collected honey from beehives in the forest.