Traditional beehive houses, Harran, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Honey tasting at Raznik Mouradyan's house, beekeeper at Vedi, a village in Ararat plain, Artashat, Armenia, Eurasia

Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) in front of ancient beehives in the Beekeeping Museum, Stripeikiai, Aukstaitija National Park, Lithuania, Europe

Traditional mud brick houses in the form of beehives, Harran, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Traditional beehive house of the Dorze people made entirely from organic materials, Chencha mountains, Ethiopia, Africa

Stone built beehive houses now used as cattle byres and granaries, at Harran, Kurdistan, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Traditional beehive house of the Dorze people, made entirely from organic materials, that can last up to 60 years, Chencha mountains, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Local woman in front of her beehive house built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Donkey beside beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Man on donkey in front of beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Jinar, 15 year old girl in front of a 200 year old beehive house in the desert, Ebla area, Syria, Middle East

Sheep being milked in front of beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Beehive houses built of brick and mud, Srouj village, Syria, Middle East

Woman in doorway of a 200 year old beehive house in the desert, Ebla area, Syria, Middle East

Taken from Morant's Curve on Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park near Lake Louise, Alberta. Lone dot of light on distant mountain must be from Lake Agnes Tea House on Little Beehive Peak above Lake Louise.

Plattner Bienenhof bee museum, historical bee hives, near Oberbozen at the Ritten Renon near Bozen Southern Tyrol Italy

Beehive Corner Building in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Traditional beehive. Open Air Museum Finsterau, Bavarian Forest, Germany, Europe

Traditional Mud Brick Beehive Houses, Harran, Turkey