Honey Bees-Beekeepers-Log Hive078.tif
Issangugin Sentimir harvests a bortye on a honey fir tree surrounded by silver birches. The bortyes are supposed to deter bears. In the past, Bashkirs went bear hunting, bringing along their sons to initiate them in the practice. The bear was a source of food.
©Eric Tourneret
Beekeeping, rural, honeybee, honey gatherers, Bashkir, people, Russia, comb, beekeeping, honey hunting, honey hunters, hunter, harvest, environment, color picture, image, travel, culture, tribe, honeybee, rhododendron honey, agriculture, food, tribe, bee, honey bee, forest, Bashkir, Ural Mountain, flower, adventure, National Park, Sulgan tash, forest wardens, Bashkortostan, Bashkiria, Ural Mountains, Muslims, riders, horse, hive tree, Photos stock, The bee photographer, Eric Tourneret, beekeeping, apiculture, beehive, apis mellifera