Excerpted from my book: Our Summer in Slovenia, Amazon.com
More on Slovenia's position in the world on bee keeping. Even today there are more than 10,000 beekeepers in Slovenia second only to Argentina, which of course is much larger and with a greater population. During the 19th century Slovenia exported entire colonies of bees to the United States to propagate its agricultural expansion across the great plains and on into California and Oregon. The sliding box hive was invented in Slovenia allowing the transport of hives from field to field and the easy removal of honeycombs. This development led to a unique Slovenian folk art the creation of elaborate hives as art pieces, two of which are shown here. A mid-19th century chinese man carving as the oriental influence was popular in Europe during that time and a more elaborate hive in the form of a church circa 1880.
It was at the market in Bled that I was introduced Medeno which is a delicious honey liqueur of about 25% alcohol. Elysee made the pun that we could get a "buzz on."
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