Petro Prokopovych was a Ukrainian beekeeper who made revolutionary contributions to the practice. They include the founding of commercial beekeeping and the invention of the first movable frame hive.
Petro prokopovich
Prokopovych's beehive system.
Ukrainian stamp honoring Prokopovych, 2000.
A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees, a profession known as beekeeping. The term beekeeper refers to a person who keeps honey bees in beehives, boxes, or other receptacles. The beekeeper does
Petro Prokopovych
…passion of Prokopovych was teaching. He set up a beekeeping school that prepared more than 700 qualified beekeepers over its 53 years of existence. As a beekeeper, Prokopovych owned 6600 colonies and became wealthy. Prokopovych was buried in the village of Palchyky, currently in Nizhyn Raion of Chernihiv Oblast…
A beekeeper holding a brood frame, in Lower Saxony, Germany
A commercial beekeeper working in an apiary
Beekeepers from North Macedonia, from the beginning of 20th century
Two beekeepers in Cornwall, UK, checking their hives and using a smoker.