https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-are-slovenian-beehouses
"“Slovenia has a strong connection with beekeeping,” says Peter Kozmus, one of
the country’s—and the world’s—leading experts on bees. “Historically, every
village had at least one beekeeper who produced honey for himself, his
relatives, and neighbors.” This tradition continues today, with approximately
one in every 200 Slovenians keeping and tending to bee colonies.
Kozmus has been a beekeeper since he was 14 years old. Today, he runs a honey
farm in Pilštanj in eastern Slovenia, where he tends to more than 100 bee
colonies. He also heads the breeding program for the 8,000-member Slovenian
Beekeepers’ Association, a nearly 150-year-old education, research, and
training organization.
Drive through the verdant countryside, and you’ll notice hobbit-sized huts,
similar in appearance to garden outbuildings or she-sheds. But these small
structures aren’t filled with landscaping tools or craft supplies. Instead,
they’re apiaries that house unique hives, known as Alberti-Žnideršič (or AŽ)
hives. Invented at the turn of the 20th century by beekeeper Anton Žnideršič,
the hives—
kranjichi in Slovenian—take their name from their inventor whose
design was inspired by a leaf hive system by German teacher and beekeeper Adolf
Alberti."
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