Along the River S’ts’viha in the Merlin homestead area 2018. Уздоўж ракі Сьцьвіга на Мэрлінскіх хутарах 2018 г. Oak tree by the River S’ts’viha. Дуб ля р. Сьцьвіга. Birch tree growing out of oak stump. Бяроза, якая расьце з дубовага пні. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 21, 2018
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Photos of the Day for December 20, 2018
Cemetery, forcibly abandoned in 1960 (II/II), Merlin homesteads 2018. Могілкі, прымусова накінутыя ў 1960 г. (II/II), Мэрлінскія хутары 2018 г. Bomb crater from the decades when the Soviet regime used the Merlin homestead zone as a bombing range. Кратэр ад бомбы з часу, калі савецкі рэжім выкарыстоўвала Мэрлінскія… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 20, 2018
Photos of the Day for December 19, 2018
Merlin homesteads, basin of the River S’ts’viha in the Pripet Marshes south of Tsjerablichy and Azdamichy. Owing to the wilderness and difficult-to-penetrate nature of the marshes in the S’ts’viha basin, people did not homestead the Merlin area until the turn of the 20th century. According to Belarusian linguist, politician and civic activist Vintsuk Vjachorka (Вінцук… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 19, 2018
Photos of the Day for December 17, 2018
Traditional beekeeping in Polesia (Pripet Marshes): autumn inspection of tree hives (kalody) and collection of honey. Tsjerablichy woods 2018. Традыцыйнае палескае бортніцтва: восеньскі агляд калодаў і збор мёду. Урочышчы “Бараноў Рог“ і “Кошеўское Подрадоўне“ пад Цераблічамі 2018 г. VI/VII Fourth beehive. Чацьвёртая калода (“Кошеўское Подрадоўне“).
Photos of the Day for December 14, 2018
Traditional beekeeping in Polesia (Pripet Marshes): autumn inspection of tree hives (kalody) and collection of honey. Tsjerablichy woods 2018. Традыцыйнае палескае бортніцтва: восеньскі агляд калодаў і збор мёду. Урочышчы “Бараноў Рог“ і “Кошеўское Подрадоўне“ пад Цераблічамі 2018 г. III/VII First beehive: collection of fully-laden honeycombs…. Першая калода: збор поўных сотаў… … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 14, 2018
Photos of the Day for December 12, 2018
Traditional beekeeping in Polesia (Pripet Marshes): autumn inspection of tree hives (kalody) and collection of honey. Tsjerablichy woods 2018. Forest beekeeping is an ancient Polesian tradition. Beekeepers in Polesia use three types of hives for forest honey cultivation. The most traditional beekeeping uses tree hollows (bortsi – борці). More common are the use of hollowed-out… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 12, 2018
Photos of the Day for July 21, 2018
Portraits of Polesia: collecting May honey in the Pripet Marshes, Bjerazy (Tsjerablichy) 2018. It has been a pleasure to photograph the beekeeping of Misha and Vjerka Naskjevich, both the collection of honey from traditional tree-trunk hives in the marshes (bortsi – борці or kalody – калоды: see photos of the day for April 27-28, 2012)… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 21, 2018