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When in many East Europian areas the
transfer was made from forest beekeeping to garden beekeeping, in
general beekeepers remaining used hollowed out tree trunks - in the
German language "Klotzbeuten".
In some areas -
coarse featured the Erzgebirge (ore mountains) and the Riesengebirge
(giant mountains) - for many generations wood carving has been
practised. Just in these areas the need arose to carve the 'klotzbeuten'.
First of all with faces around the hive entrance. Later this carving
was extended over all.
When the complete
tree trank is carved, you will often see that the bee hive part is
on the back of a figure. The meaning of the carving is to deter
danger and disaster. The meaning is in force when again the tree
trank houses the colony of bees.
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Carved bear with hive on the back; Polish postmark, Swarzedz
01.09.1976.
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Therefore the stamps, on September 29, 1999 issued by Czechia, are a
very welcome completion of the collection. Two stamps have a secular
motive, the third one has a religious motive.
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Value 4,60 Kc is the figure of a woman. Colours used: black, ochre,
brown, green and red. Etnography Institute of Moravian Ceuntry
Museum, Brno.
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Value 5,00 Kc: St Josef with infant Jesus; in the colours black,
brown, bhie, ochre and grey-green. Czech Country Museum, Castle Kacina.
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Value 7,00 Kc: a sweeper in the colours black, brown, ochre,
grey-blue and green. City Museum of Mnichovo Hradiste. Every stamp
has its own FDC. On the 7,00 Kc stamp FDC is pictured a log hive
with the figure of a man on it.
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