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skep
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Definition:a wicker or straw bee hive. The design is impractical for several reasons, and in most US states their use is prohibited because the hives cannot easily be inspected for signs of disease.
photo: By Rosser1954 (talk) - A photograph taken by Rosser1954 (talk), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16411504gratuitous sound file: by J.Zazvurek, This work is licensed under the Attribution License. (original chopped and converted to reduce file size)
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Crossing the meadow, Konstantin Levin came out onto the road, and met an old man with a swollen eye, carrying a skep on his shoulder.
"What? taken a stray swarm, Fomitch?" he asked.
"No, indeed, Konstantin Dmitrich! All we can do to keep our own! This is the second swarm that has flown away…. Luckily the lads caught them. They were ploughing your field. They unyoked the horses and galloped after them."
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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