Forest tree beekeeping is an ancient forest-based practice, the initial form of cultural beekeeping. It is based on breeding and keeping forest bees (Baroūka) in artificial hollows (tree-hive). This practice has evolved from honey gathering from a wild bee, when a man accidentally, later intentionally (the hunt for honey) used forest bees for collecting honey.
As an independent forest craft, tree beekeeping passed three stages of development: the protection and care of wild bees ...
