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
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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 18, 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. VII/VII Fifth beehive. Пятая калода (“Бараноў Рог“). Removal… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 18, 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 16, 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. V/VII Second beehive, which was empty. Другая (пустая) калода (“Кошеўское Подрадоўне“). … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 16, 2018
Photos of the Day for December 15, 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. IV/VII First beehive: smoking the honeycombs to remove the bees. Першая калода: акурваньне пчол, каб… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 15, 2018
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 13, 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. II/VII First hive. Першая калода (“Бараноў Рог“). Preparation of the smoker,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 13, 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 December 11, 2018
Oak grove, Borki (Zhytkavichy District) 2018. A beautiful open grove on the old flood plain of the Pripet (Prypjats’) River. Much of the grove remains intact today, although regional authorities scandalously cut down half-a-dozen or more oaks on the edge of the grove in 2012. Дуброўка, Боркі (Жыткавіцкі раён) 2018 г. II/II … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 11, 2018