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 * 14 March 2024
   
   
   TWO REVIEWS OF BANNKÖRBE’S BOOK
   
   
   
   Reviews of Apian’s new book, Bannkörbe, by 1000 Words and PhMuseum!

 * 26 January 2024
   
   
   SOLO SHOW AND BOOK LAUNCH AT C/O BERLIN
   
   
   
   On the 26th January 2024, Apian will open its first solo show in Germany at
   C/O Berlin, as part of the C/O Talent Award 2023. In conjunction with the
   exhibition, titled Bannkörbe, we will also launch our second book of the same
   name, published by Spector Books and C/O Berlin.

 * 13 October 2023
   
   
   MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS (MBAL), LE LOCLE, SWITZERLAND
   
   
   
   Apian at the MBAL as part of the group show Animal Instinct – running from
   the 13th October 2023 to the 28th February 2024.

 * 31 August 2023
   
   
   RENCONTRES D’ARCHITECTURE EN MOUVEMENT, LIMOGES, FRANCE – 12TH – 14TH OCTOBER
   2023
   
   As part of the first ANA biennale in Limoge, France, Apian will take over the
   Pavillon de la Cité des métiers et des arts with archive images of beehives.

 * 22 August 2023
   
   
   FOTOBOKFESTIVAL OSLO, NORWAY
   
   
   
   Apian at Gamle Munch’s Museum as part of the 2023 Fotobokfestival, Oslo,
   Norway.

 * 30 June 2023
   
   
   TALENT AWARD 2023 – C/O BERLIN, GERMANY
   
   
   
   Apian is proud to reveal that we were awarded the 2023 C/O Berlin Talent
   Award!

 * 10 June 2023
   
   
   DIPLOMATIES TERRESTRES (WILD DIPLOMACY)
   
   
   
   The group show Diplomaties Terrestres (Terrestrials Diplomacy) which opens
   this Saturday the 10th of June at the CIAP in France, will showcase a piece
   from Apian.

 * 5 May 2023
   
   
   INDICE ULTRAVIOLET: OUT
   
   
   
   As part of the art festival “Indice Ultraviolet: Out”, on Saturday the 6th of
   May 2023, Apian will give a lecture/performance about the history of the
   beehive at the CAN (Centre d’Art Neuchñtel).

 * 20 April 2023
   
   
   NIGHT PIECES: A FOREIGN BODY WITHIN
   
   
   
   Apian is taking part of the touring exhibition “Night Pieces” which first
   stop will be at PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai – 20.04 to 23.04.2023.

 * 10 February 2023
   
   
   THE 7TH ABC ART BOOK FAIR SHANGHAI EDITION
   
   
   
   During the 7th abC Art Book that takes place in Shanghai (10.02–13.02), Apian
   is proud to be part of the exhibition “I See Animal, See Me” at pidan
   Gallery.

 * 26 January 2023
   
   
   UNTHINKING PHOTOGRAPHY X APIAN – A DISCUSSION WITH JENNIFER GABRYS
   
   
   
   A discussion with Professor Jennifer Gabrys about sensing technologies and
   the challenges of evidence-making in environmental research as well as
   different ways of perceiving the world of sensation.

 * 18 October 2022
   
   
   RESIDENCY AT THE HWK, DELMENHORST (GERMANY) – 2022-23
   
   
   
   Until March 2023, Apian will be based in Delmenhorst (Germany), give a shout
   if you are around!

 * 5 July 2022
   
   
   BOOK SIGNING AT TENDERBOOKS (LONDON) – 12 JULY – 6-8PM
   
   
   
   Please join us on Tuesday 12 July, 6-8pm to celebrate the launch of the
   second edition of Hives 2400 B.C.E. - 1852 C.E. by Apian. Come for a drink
   and some chats about hives, bees and more!

 * 9 June 2022
   
   
   DISCUSSION AND BOOK SIGNING AT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS’ GALLERY
   
   
   
   Aladin Borioli will be in conversation with Ellen Lapper and Arieh Frosh to
   discuss the book Hives – a visual history of the beehive.

 * 17 May 2022
   
   
   TWO PUBLICATIONS FEATURING APIAN IN 2022
   
   
   
   Apian in Fantastic Man SPRING AND SUMMER 2022 and the first issue of Revue
   Millecosmos

 * 30 March 2022
   
   
   HIVES IS BACK IN STOCK!
   
   
   
   Hives, 2400 B.C.E. – 1852 C.E.’s second edition is out with an updated
   introduction, an enhanced binding and a new type of paper


 * 21 March 2022
   
   
   SOLO SHOW AT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS’ GALLERY – 25TH MARCH TO 12TH JUNE 2022
   
   
   
   Apian is opening its first solo show in London at The Photographers’ Gallery!
   The show will run from the 25th of March until the 12th of June.

 * 24 February 2022
   
   
   THERIANTHROPY AT CINÉMA BELLEVAUX DURING FRACANAÜM!
   
   
   
   Come to cinéma Bellevaux on the 18th of March, we are showing a film in
   progress about Dr. Menzel’s dreams of becoming a bee during FracanaĂŒm.
   Moreover, the screening will be followed by a performance of Thomas
   Ankersmit!

 * 20 January 2022
   
   
   NEW VIDEOS ON THE INTIMACY MACHINE
   
   
   
   Some new content on the ongoing archive The Intimacy Machine!

 * 20 December 2021
   
   
   HISS IS ON TAPE!
   
   
   
   Hiss is a 29-minute sonic ethnography which explores listening practices in
   beekeeping, and is now available on tape.

 * 10 November 2021
   
   
   APIAN ON BBC RADIO 3, 10TH OF NOVEMBER 22:45 (GMT)
   
   
   
   A short experimental radio piece by Apian (Laurent GĂŒdel, Robert Torche and
   Ellen Lapper) on BBC Radio 3

 * 6 November 2021
   
   
   ANIMALOIDS AND PLANTOIDS, AND BEES! AT JCU POSTHUMAN STUDIES WORKSHOP
   
   A philosophical investigation of The Intimacy Machine for the 70th
   Anniversary of Transhumanism at JCU, Rome.

 * 6 October 2021
   
   
   A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE BEEHIVE, LECTURE AT LA VILLA MÉDICI, ROME
   
   A talk about the history of beehives (past-present-future) at Villa MĂ©dici,
   Rome.

 * 25 June 2021
   
   
   A SHORT FILM ON SHOW AT CAN (NEUCHÂTEL, SWITZERLAND)
   
   A component of Apian on show at CAN as part of collective exhibition.

 * 5 May 2021
   
   
   APIAN AT MUSIKFESTIVAL BERN!
   
   Apian is growing its system in collaboration with musicians and artists
   Laurent GĂŒdel and Robert Torche for the Musikfesttival Bern!

 * 7 March 2021
   
   
   HIVES, 2400 B.C.E. – 1852 C.E. IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES MAGAZINE!
   
   
   
   A nice essay about Apian’s first book on the Financial Times Magazine this
   weekend – 6th - 7th March.

 * 15 February 2021
   
   
   EYEBEAM PHASE II LAUNCH
   
   
   
   On the 19th of February Apian will launch The Intimacy Machine during From
   the Rupture festival held IRL and online by Eyebeam!

 * 4 January 2021
   
   
   APIAN IN PARIS
   
   
   
   Apian based its bureau in Paris for the next six months.

 * 6 December 2020
   
   
   APIAN ON BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC
   
   
   
   Last year, Apian was commissioned by the ICA (London) and Space Studio to
   produce a radio piece for the BBC. The audio essay called Shared
   Sensibilities was realised in collaboration with Laurent GĂŒdel, Ellen Lapper
   and Lars Chittka and will be broadcast tonight of BBC Radio 6!

 * 17 November 2020
   
   
   EYEBEAM PHASE II
   
   
   
   Apian is honored to annouced that we are part of Phase II of Eyebeam’s Rapid
   Reponse for a Better Digital Future.

 * 9 November 2020
   
   
   IMPACT20 – PLANETARY ALLIANCES
   
   
   
   Really happy to share that Apian is going to present its research at the
   online symposium IMPACT 20.

 * 5 September 2020
   
   
   A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE BEEHIVE, “HIVES, 2400 B.C.E. – 1852 C.E.” IS OUT!
   
   
   
   Hives, 2400 B.C.E. – 1852 C.E. is out. This little yellow book proposes a new
   history of the beehive unveil through archival images.

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14 March 2024


TWO REVIEWS OF BANNKÖRBE’S BOOK

Earlier this year, Apian published its second book, titled Bannkörbe,
distributed by Spector Books and C/O Berlin. There are two recent reviews of the
book, one by 1000 Words Magazine and the other by PhMuseum.

Communicated under the statement of a ‘self-proclaimed Ministry of Bees,’ the
idea behind the project is to create a political lab that investigates the role
of bees in our society, confronting the failure of political institutions in
recognizing the impact of bees on human beings. - Rica Cerbarano



Many thanks to Rica Cerbarano (1000 Words) and Camilla Marrese (PhMuseum) for
these wonderful reviews.

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MENU

 * Apian
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 * EN
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WORK


 * BANNKÖRBE
   
   
   
   This multimodal ethnography explores a specific apian technology called
   Bannkörbe. Spellbinding hives, in English, these hives are adorned with
   grotesque and eerie figures as a means to ward off the evil eye.


 * THE INTIMACY MACHINE: A DIGITAL ARCHIVE — PT. 2
   
   
   
   The Intimacy Machine is an allopoietic machine, an ongoing archive, that aims
   to build a refuge for encountering bees on a more egalitarian basis.


 * HIVES, 2400 B.C.E. – 1852 C.E.
   
   
   
   This little yellow book proposes to retell the history of the beehive through
   an array of achival images.


 * NEUROCOPTER
   
   
   
   The two-minute short Neurocopter is the trailer for an imaginary
   science-fiction film which explores the complex relationship scientists
   develop with bees and the role technology plays within it.


 * THINGS DON’T HAPPEN IN HUMAN VISION
   
   
   
   Site-specific banner installation for FORMAT exhibition, Mont-Soleil,
   Switzerland 2020.


 * HISS
   
   
   
   Hiss is a sonic ethnography made in collaboration with Laurent GĂŒdel and
   Hassan Souaf.


 * INZERKI
   
   
   
   A visual ethnography of Inzerki, Morocco.


 * THE BEEHIVE METAPHOR
   
   
   
   The Beehive Metaphor is the genesis of Apian. By means of photography, the
   project re-visits and translates the essay of the same title by Spanish art
   historian J. A. Ramirez.

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14 March 2024


TWO REVIEWS OF BANNKÖRBE’S BOOK

Earlier this year, Apian published its second book, titled Bannkörbe,
distributed by Spector Books and C/O Berlin. There are two recent reviews of the
book, one by 1000 Words Magazine and the other by PhMuseum.

Communicated under the statement of a ‘self-proclaimed Ministry of Bees,’ the
idea behind the project is to create a political lab that investigates the role
of bees in our society, confronting the failure of political institutions in
recognizing the impact of bees on human beings. - Rica Cerbarano



Many thanks to Rica Cerbarano (1000 Words) and Camilla Marrese (PhMuseum) for
these wonderful reviews.

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APIAN INDEX

regroups all the material gathered and produced by Apian. In short, it’s Apian’s
data set. You can search items via IDs, keywords, and so on, or randomly scroll
the archive.

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ID

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Title

↓

Author(s)

Date

↓

Image

Type(s)

Keyword(s)

Archived

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A-0007✕

Beekeeper’s home in New Plymouth

Unknown

May 1970



Architecture

Hexagone, House

21 March 2022

Beekeeper’s home in New Plymouth (New Zealand). Source: Schweizerische
Bienen-Zeitung, no. 5 (May 1970)

A-010✕

A stone monster

Unknown

1962



Sculpture

Apotropaic, Magic, Grotesque

20 January 2024

A stone monster. Source: Gilles Ehrmann, Les inspirés et leurs demeures (Paris:
Editions du Temps, 1962)

A-011✕

Fahan Mura stone pillar

Unknown

1963



Sculpture

Apotropaic, Magic

20 January 2024

Fahan Mura stone pillar (Donegal, Ireland), east face. Source: Françoise Henry,
L’art irlandais 1 (Yonne: Zodiaque, 1963)

A-012✕

The Mouth of Hell

Jacobus de Theramo

1929



Engraving

Grotesque

20 January 2024

The Mouth of Hell by Jacobus de Theramo. Source: Grillot de Givry, Le musée des
sorciĂšres: Mages & alchimistes (Paris: Librairie de France, 1929)

A-013✕

Death’s head hawkmoth (Sphinx atropos)

Unknown

1901



Drawing

Insect, Death

20 January 2024

Death’s head hawkmoth (Sphinx atropos). Source: Central-Verein für Hebung und
Verbreitung der Bienenzucht in Italien, Atlas für Bienenzucht (Berlin: C. A.
Schwetschke und Sohn, 1901)

A-014✕

Figure hive with animal and human heads

Unknown

1930



Beehive

Beekeeping, Apotropaic, Magic

20 January 2024

29) Figure hive with animal and human heads. 30) Figure hive with a man’s head.
Source: Bruno Schier, Der Bienenstand in Mitteleuropa (Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1930)

A-015✕

Painted façade, Mittenwald (Upper Bavaria)

Unknown

1760



Fresco

Architecture, House

20 January 2024

Painted façade, circa 1760, Mittenwald (Upper Bavaria). Source: Hans Karlinger,
Deutsche Volkskunst (Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1938)

A-016✕

Zeidler – Forest beekeeper

Unknown

1713



Engraving

Honey-hunting

20 January 2024

Zeidler. / Forest beekeeper. Source: A. and R. Johannes Hieronymus Braun,
Academic Exercise on Ancient Germanic and Frankish Antiquities (Altdorf: Johann
Wilhelm Kohlesii, 1713)

A-017✕

Tyrolean mask

Unknown

1954



Mask

Apotropaic, Magic

20 January 2024

Tyrolean mask, 19th century. Height 49 cm. Source: Erich Meyer-Heisig, Deutsche
Volkskunst (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1954)

A-018✕

Leipziger Bienenzeitung

Leipzig Bienenzeitung

September 1947



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping

20 January 2024

Front cover of the Leipzig Bienenzeitung. The image shows a beekeeper working
with traditional skep hives from the Lüneburg Heath. Source: Leipziger
Bienenzeitung 61, no. 9 (September 1947)

A-019✕

Lucifuge Rofocale

Unknown

1760



Drawing

Magic, Apotropaic

20 January 2024

Lucifuge Rofocale, a figure in demonology and occult traditions, often
associated with high-ranking demonic entities, from the Grimoire of Pope
Honorius, Rome, 1760.

Source: Kurt Seligmann, Le miroir de la magie: Histoire de la magie dans le
monde occidental (Paris: Fasquelle Éditeurs, 1956)

A-020✕

Mating wasps

Unknown

1956



Photography

Biology, Hymenopteran

20 January 2024

Mating wasps (female on the left, male on the right).

Source: Leipziger Bienenzeitung 70, no. 6 (June 1956)

A-022✕

Gospel according to Mark from the Macregol Gospels

Unknown

830



Engraving

Apotropaic, Magic

20 January 2024

Detail of the Gospel according to Mark from the Macregol Gospels, early 9th
century, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

Source: Françoise Henry, L’art irlandais 1 (Yonne: Zodiaque, 1963)

A-023✕

Sculpture adorning the armrests of a choir stall

Unknown

1550



Sculpture

Apotropaic, Grotesque

20 January 2024

Sculpture adorning the armrests of a choir stall, 16th century, Amiens,
Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Source: Claude Gaignebet and J.-Dominique Lajoux, Art profane et religion
populaire au moyen âge (Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1985)

A-025✕

A beehouse from the Baroque period

Unknown

2024



Apiary

Beekeeping, Architecture

20 January 2024

A beehouse from the Baroque period in the garden of Nothgottes, including two
rows of Lüneburg-style inverted baskets on bases with holy figures in between.

Source: Die Biene, no. 12 (December 1993)

A-026✕

The philosopher mocking magic

Unknown

1750



Engraving

Magic, Philosophy

20 January 2024

The philosopher mocking magic, English engraving from the 18th century.

Source: Kurt Seligmann, Le miroir de la magie: Histoire de la magie dans le
monde occidental (Paris: Fasquelle Éditeurs, 1956)

A-027✕

Interwoven snakes: A. Hakka Bowl

Unknown

1050



Drawing

Apotropaic, Magic

20 January 2024

Interwoven snakes: A. Hakka Bowl, 11th-12th century. B. English Manuscript
(Petrus Comestor), 1283-1300. C. Ormsby Psalter, East Anglian, early 14th
century. D. Rhenish Antiphonary, circa 1350.

Source: Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Le moyen âge fantastique: Antiquités et
exotismes dans l’art gothique (Paris: Armand Colin, 1955)

A-029✕

Wings of a worker bee

Unknown

1901



Drawing

Hymenopteran, Biology

20 January 2024

Wings of a worker bee.

Source: Central-Verein für Hebung und Verbreitung der Bienenzucht in Italien,
Atlas für Bienenzucht (Berlin: C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn, 1901)

A-030✕

Figure of a sea monster

Unknown

1980



Engraving

Grotesque, Monster

20 January 2024

Figure of a sea monster, reminiscent of a bishop dressed in pontifical
vestments.

Source: Claude-Claire Kappler, Monstres, démons et merveilles à la fin du
moyen âge (Paris: Éditions Payot, 1980)

A-031✕

Various methods of drying wood

Unknown

1991



Drawing

Wood

20 January 2024

Various methods of drying wood.

Source: Gilles Perrault, Sculptures sur bois: Techniques traditionnelles et
modernes (Paris: Éditions H. Vial, 1991)

A-032✕

The Grotesque in Architecture: Frivolous Whims of a Severe Art

Apian

2024



Scientific article

Grotesque, Architecture, Apotropaic

20 January 2024

Detail of Mortimer Marke’s article “The Grotesque in Architecture: Frivolous
Whims of a Severe Art” with annotations.

Source: Mortimer Marke, “The Grotesque in Architecture: Frivolous Whims of a
Severe Art,” Arts & Decoration 3, no. 1 (November 1912): 22–24.

A-033✕

A beehive painted from pannel

Unknown

1850



Beehive

Beekeeping, Apotropaic

20 January 2024

A flight board from a beehive, Carinthia, 19th century. Depiction of the Three
Magi, 14 and 10.5 cm in height.

Source: Erich Meyer-Heisig, Deutsche Volkskunst (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1954)

A-034✕

Hive in the shape of a bear

Unknown

1880



Beehive

Apotropaic, Magic, Grotesque

20 January 2024

Hive in the shape of a bear, Trnava, late 19th century.

Source: Rudolf Bednárik, Slovenské Üle (Bratislava: Slovenské Vydavateľstvo
Krásnej Literatúry, 1957)

A-035✕

A beehive in the shape of human architecture

Unknown

1950



Beehive

Architecture

20 January 2024

A beehive in the shape of human architecture.

Source: R. Kostecki and M. Jelinski, “Entwick- lungsformen der polnischen
Bienenzucht im Lichte des Freiland-Museums in SwarzeÌšdz.” In Bienenmuseum und
Geschichte der Bienenzucht, ed. Internationales Symposium über Bienenwirtschaft
(Bucharest: Apimondia-Verlag, 1979)

A-036✕

L’enfer

Unknown

1892



Architecture

Grotesque, Apotropaic

20 January 2024

L’enfer, a Parisian nightclub that no longer exists, with its bizarre façade
decoration.

Source: Michael Schuyt and Joost Elffers, Fantastic Architecture: Personal and
Eccentric Visions (London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1980)

A-038✕

Teraphim

Unknown

1652



Engraving

Magic

20 January 2024

Teraphim, Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, Rome, 1652.

Source: Kurt Seligmann, Le miroir de la magie: Histoire de la magie dans le
monde occidental (Paris: Fasquelle Éditeurs, 1956)

A-039✕

ImmenwÀchter

Unknown

1938



Beehive

Apotropaic, Magic, Grotesque

20 January 2024

Immenwächter, beehive with a face mask.

Source: Hans Karlinger, Deutsche Volkskunst (Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1938)

A-040✕

Head of a queen

Unknown

2024



Photography

Hymenopteran, Biology, Bee

20 January 2024

Head of a queen: A. view from the front.

Source: Hans Stadler, Die Biologie der Biene (Würzburg: Königl. Universitäts-
druckerei H. Stürtz A. G, 1911)

A-041✕

Weaving method used in LĂŒneburg

Unknown

2024



Hive making

Beekeeping, Beehive, Weaving

20 January 2024

Weaving method used in Lüneburg.

Source: Deutsche Bienenzeitung 7, no. 5 (May 1952).

A-042✕

Sacristy door

Unknown

2024



Architecture

Sculpture, Passage

20 January 2024

Sacristy door with wrought-iron fittings: Stag, dogs, and roosters,
Niederherzogswaldau (Silesia), 15th century.

Source: Hans Karlinger, Deutsche Volkskunst. Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1938.

A-043✕

Chisel

Unknown

1975



Tools

Sculpture, Magic, Apotropaic, Wood carving

20 January 2024

Chisel for cutting brass decorated with a Dzunukwa face.

Source: Claude Lévi-Strauss, La voie des masques (Geneva: Édition d’art Albert
Skira, 1975)

A-045✕

Mascaron on a building in Paris

Unknown

1870



Engraving

Architecture, Apotropaic, Magic, Monster, Mascaron

20 January 2024

Mascaron on a building in Paris.

Source: César Daly, Décorations extérieures: Empruntées à des édifices
français: Volume second (Paris: Librairie générale de l’architecture et des
arts décoratifs CH. Massin & C. Éditeurs, 1870)

A-046✕

The Grotesque torc from Snettisham

Unknown

2000



Jewellery

Apotropaic, Magic

20 January 2024

The Grotesque torc from Snettisham, UK.

Source: Chris Gosden, “Technologies of Routine and of Enchantment.” In
Distributed Objects: Meaning and Mattering After Alfred Gell, ed. Liana Chua and
Mark Elliott (New York: Berghahn Books, 2013)

A-047✕

The creation of the world according to occult doctrine

Robert Fludd

1619



Drawing

Magic

20 January 2024

The creation of the world according to occult doctrine. Robert Fludd, Ultriusque
Cosmi Historia, Oppenheim, 1619.

Source: Grillot de Givry, Le musée des sorcières: Mages & alchimistes (Paris:
Librairie de France, 1929)

A-048✕

Zeidler’s (forest beekeeper) marks

Unknown

1850



Marks

Honey-hunting, Glyph

20 January 2024

Zeidler (forest beekeeper) marks from Latvia and Poland. On the right is Nickel
Jacob’s personal mark.

Source: Irmgard Jung-Hoffmann, Bienenbäume, Figurenstöcke und Bannkörbe
(Berlin: Fördererkreis der naturwissenschaftlichen Museen Berlins e. V., 1993)

A-049✕

Figure of a mythical, monstrous animal

Unknown

1750



Engraving

Monster

20 January 2024

Figure of a mythical, monstrous animal.

Source: Claude-Claire Kappler, Monstres, démons et merveilles à la fin du
moyen âge (Paris: Éditions Payot, 1980)

A-054✕

Gorgon: Anglo-Norman Apocalypse

Unknown

1209



Drawing

Monster, Passage

20 January 2024

Gorgon: Anglo-Norman Apocalypse, early 13th century.

Source: Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Le moyen âge fantastique: Antiquités et
exotismes dans l’art gothique (Paris: Armand Colin, 1955)

A-056✕

Head of a worker bee

Unknown

1954



Drawing

Bee, Biology, Hymenopteran

20 January 2024

Head of a worker bee, dissected at the front, semi-schematic, magnified sixteen
times.

Source: Leipziger Bienenzeitung 68 (January 1954).

A-058✕

Overmodelled skull

Unknown

1600



Mask

Apotropaic, Magic

21 January 2024

Overmodelled skull, Brittany.

Source: André Breton, Formes de l’art: L’art magique (Paris: Club français de
l’art, 1957)

A-059✕

Engraving of a skep hive: opened, closed, and sealed for winter

Unknown

1759



Engraving, Beehive

Beekeeping, Skep

21 January 2024

Engraving of a skep hive: opened, closed, and sealed for winter.

Source: Réaumur, Geschichte der Bienen (Frankfurt/Leipzig: Göbhards seel
Erben, 1759)

A-060✕

Birdcage from Kröningen

Unknown

1801



Birdcage

-

21 January 2024

Birdcage from Kröningen made of green-glazed clay, 19th century, Landshut
(Lower Bavaria), Museum.

Source: Hans Karlinger, Deutsche Volkskunst (Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1938)

A-061✕

“Green Man” at the end of the beam

Unknown

1400



Sculpture

Mascaron, Apotropaic, Magic

21 January 2024

“Green Man” at the end of the beam, Mirepoix, 15th century.

Source: Claude Gaignebet and J.-Dominique Lajoux, Art profane et religion
populaire au moyen âge (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1985)

A-062✕

Wicker skeps depicted in Sebastian MĂŒnster’s Cosmographia

Sebastian Münster

1545



Engraving

Beehive, Beekeeping, Skep

21 January 2024

Wicker skeps depicted in Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia, Bern, 1545.

Source: Eva Crane, The Archaeology of Beekeeping (London: Gerald Duckworth & Co,
1983)

A-064✕

Celtic pattern

Unknown

1500



Drawing

Apotropaic, Magic, Abstract

21 January 2024

An interwoven, apotropaic Celtic pattern.

Source: Alfred Gell, Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1998)

A-066✕

Wooden carnival mask from the St. Gallen Oberland

Unknown

2024



Mask

Magic, Apotropaic, Carnival

21 January 2024

Wooden carnival mask from the St. Gallen Oberland, Zurich.

Source: Hans Karlinger, Deutsche Volkskunst (Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1938)

A-067✕

Bee brood map

Unknown

April 1949



Drawing

Beekeeping, Beehive, Honeybee

21 January 2024

Bee brood.

Source: Leipziger Bienenzeitung 63, no. 4 (April 1949).

A-069✕

Mascaron, Pont Neuf, Paris

Unknown

1872



Engraving

Grotesque, Magic, Apotropaic, Mascaron

21 January 2024

Mascaron, Pont Neuf, Paris.

Source: César Daly, Motifs historiques d’architecture et de sculpture
d’ornement: Volume premier (Paris: Librairie générale de l’architecture et des
travaux publics Ducher et Cie, 1872)

A-071✕

A beekeeper’s axe

Max Böcker

1930



Tools

Beekeeper

21 January 2024

As depicted by Max Böcker in The Beekeeping Axe, a curious tool once used by
heathland beekeepers.

Source: Bruno Schier, Der Bienenstand in Mittel- europa (Leipzig: S. Hirzel,
1930)

A-072✕

A beekeeper removes a comb from a figurative hive (Apostle)

Unknown

1993



Photography

Beekeeping, Beekeeper, Figure hive

21 January 2024

A beekeeper removes a comb from a figurative hive (Apostle).

Source: Irmgard Jung-Hoffmann, Bienenbäume, Figurenstöcke und Bannkörbe
(Berlin: Fördererkreis der naturwissenschaftlichen Museen Berlins e. V., 1993)

A-073✕

The enemies of the bee

-

1898



Engraving

Beekeeping, Death, Honeybee

21 January 2024

The enemies of the bee.

Source: Leipziger Bienenzeitung 13, no. 12 (December 1898)

A-074✕

Women weaving skep hives

Unknown

1946



Photography

Beekeeping, Skep, Beehive

21 January 2024

Women weaving skep hives.

Source: La gazette apicole 47, no. 470 (January 1946)

A-075✕

Old engraving of bee anatomy

RĂ©aumur

1759



Engraving

Bee, Biology

21 January 2024

Old engraving of bee anatomy.

Source: Réaumur, Geschichte der Bienen (Frankfurt/Leipzig: Göbhards seel.
Erben, 1759)

A-076✕

Alpine carnival mask

Unknown

2024



Mask

Carnival, Magic, Grotesque

21 January 2024

Alpine carnival mask, 19th century.

Source: Guy Freixe, Les utopies du masque: Sur les scènes européennes du XXe
siècle (Montpellier: L’entretemps, 2010)

A-078✕

Detail of Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Temptation of St. Anthony

Hieronymus Bosch

1501



Painting

Architecture, Grotesque

21 January 2024

Detail of Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Temptation of St. Anthony.

Source: André Breton, Formes de l’art: L’art magique (Paris: Club français de
l’art, 1957)

A-079✕

Bamoun pipe (Cameroon)

Unknown

2024



Pipe

Sculpture, Apotropaic

21 January 2024

Bamoun pipe (Cameroon).

André Breton, Formes de l’art: L’art magique (Paris: Club français de l’art,
1957)

A-081✕

The grotesques of the gate-lodge of Deepdale

John Russell Pope

1914



Architecture

Grotesque, Apotropaic, Magic, Mascaron

21 January 2024

The grotesques of the gate-lodge of Deepdale, Long Island.

Source: Mortimer Marke, “The Grotesque in Architecture: Frivolous Whims of a
Severe Art.” Arts & Decoration 3, no. 1 (November 1912): 22-24.

External source: https://halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/ 2012/ 07/
south-gate-lodge-at-deepdale.html

A-083✕

Detail of The Last Judgment

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

1558



Engraving

Grotesque

21 January 2024

Detail of The Last Judgment by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Source: Grillot de Givry, Le musée des sorcières: Mages & alchimistes (Paris:
Librairie de France, 1929)

A-084✕

Mouth parts of the worker bee

Unknown

1901



Drawing

Honeybee, Biology, Hymenopteran

21 January 2024

Mouth parts of the worker bee: a) Tongue—b) Labial palp—c) Mandibles.

Source: Central-Verein für Hebung und Verbreitung der Bienenzucht in Italien,
Atlas für Bienenzucht (Berlin: C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn, 1901)

A-088✕

Funerary poles, Squamish-Lillooet

Squamish-Lillooet

1801



Funerary poles

Apotropaic, Magic, Sculpture

21 January 2024

Funerary poles, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia.

Source: Claude Lévi-Strauss, La voie des masques (Geneva: Édition d’art Albert
Skira, 1975)

A-089✕

A stryge

-

2024



Engraving

Grotesque, Apotropaic, Magic, Chimera

21 January 2024

The stryge, a gargoyle, a fantastic chimera with a woman’s head and a bird’s
body conceived by Viollet-le-Duc, engraved here by Charles Meryon.

Source: André Breton, Formes de l’art: L’art magique (Paris: Club français de
l’art, 1957)

A-092✕

A drone’s head

Unknown

1901



Drawing

Bee, Biology

21 January 2024

A drone’s head. a) Antennae b) Fused eyes c) Mandibles

Source: Central-Verein für Hebung und Verbreitung der Bienenzucht in Italien,
Atlas für Bienenzucht (Berlin: C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn, 1901)

A-093✕

A beekeeper’s veil

RĂ©aumur

1759



Engraving

Beekeeping, Beekeeper, Veil

21 January 2024

A beekeeper’s veil.

Source: Réaumur, Geschichte der Bienen (Frankfurt/Leipzig: Göbhards seel.
Erben, 1759)

A-094✕

Detail of Hieronymus Cock’s engraving

Cock

1556



Engraving

-

21 January 2024

Detail of Cock’s engraving of Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Temptation of St.
Anthony, 1556.

Source: Grillot de Givry, Le musée des sorcières: Mages & alchimistes (Paris:
Librairie de France, 1929)

A-095✕

Horse heads as gable decorations

Unknown

1938



Sculpture

Apotropaic, Magic

21 January 2024

Horse heads as gable decorations. Hanover, Lower Saxony Folklore Museum.

Source: Hans Karlinger, Deutsche Volkskunst (Berlin: Deutscher Verlag, 1938)

A-097✕

A drone’s eyes

Unknown

1901



Drawing

Biology, Drone

21 January 2024

A drone’s eyes.

Source: Central-Verein für Hebung und Verbreitung der Bienenzucht in Italien,
Atlas für Bienenzucht (Berlin: C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn, 1901)

A-099✕

A kolam

Unknown

1801



Drawing

Magic, Apotropaic, Abstract, Pattern

21 January 2024

A kolam, which is a geometrical design made to bring prosperity to homes, here
used as a topological snare.

Source: Alfred Gell, Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1998)

AI-0501✕

Drone’s internal genital apparatus

Unknown

1876



Engraving

Biology, Hymenopteran, Drone

20 January 2024

Engraving of a drone’s internal genital apparatus.

Source: Bienen Zeitung 32, no. 16 (August 1876)

B-0001✕

Hives, 2400 B.C.E. – 1852 C.E.

Apian

2020



Book

Beehive

20 January 2024

In 1852, the modern beehive was patented. Its subsequent success largely
eliminated diversity in beehive design and led to the obsolescence of a varied
history of alternative beekeeping techniques. Through an array of archival
images, this book uncovers that forgotten history, offering a renewed
perspective which challenges conventional historical linear narratives and
creates a common ground for future beehive research.


Blurb by Apian (Ellen Lapper & Aladin Borioli)

448 pages, 109 (W) × 154 mm (H). The book was designed by Nicolas Polli and was
printed in Switzerland in 2020. It also includes an essay co-written with Ellen
Lapper.

The first edition was published in 2020 by RVB Books and Images Vevey, the
second (2022) and the third (2023) by RVB Books, FR.

Folllow this link for info about Hives, 2400 B.C.E. – 1852 C.E.

B-0101✕

American Gargoyles: Flannery O’Connor and the Medieval Grotesque

Anthony Di Renzo

1995



Book

Grotesque, Literature, Gargoyle

20 January 2024

Anthony Di Renzo, American Gargoyles: Flannery O’Connor and the Medieval
Grotesque (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, 1995)

B-0123✕

Mikhail Bakhtin’s Rabelais and His World

Mikhail Bakhtin

1984



Book

Grotesque, Magic, Literature

20 January 2024

Mikhail Bakhtin, Rabelais and His World (Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
1984)

B-0131✕

Bee-Keeping new and old: described with pen and camera

William Herrod-Hempsall

1930



Book

Beekeeping, Photography

20 March 2022

William Herrod-Hempsall, Bee-Keeping new and old: described with pen and camera
(London: The British Bee Journal, 1930)

B-0133✕

Imkerei im Rhein- land und in der Pfalz

Kurt Adami, Klaus Freckmann, and Konrad Grunsky-Peper

1979



Book

Beekeeping, Beehive, Magic

21 January 2024

Kurt Adami, Klaus Freckmann, and Konrad Grunsky-Peper, Imkerei im Rhein-land und
in der Pfalz (Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag, 1979)

Cover: Spellbinding hive,from the collection of the Heinsberg District Local
History Museum

B-0137✕

A Book of Honey

Eva Crane

1980



Book, Apian’s library

Beekeeping, Honey

22 March 2022

Eva Crane, A Book of Honey (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980)


Softcover, pp.193 with black and white illustrations. Size: 17 (W) × 24.3 cm
(H).

ISBN 0 19 286010 0

“Honey is a splendid, entirely natural food, which has been treasured by people
the world over from earliest times. Its production does not impoverish the
environment, but actually enriches it, as bees pollinate the flowers they visit.
Today honey is a commodity with an annual production of 800,000 tons, but it is
only recently that research has shown how bees locate flowers containing nectar,
and produce honey.
The book opens with a clear exposition of the amazing instinctive behaviour of
bees, and of the composition and properties of honey. The use of honey in the
home is discussed: as a gastronomic delicacy (and the author provides
mouth-watering recipes, some new, some several thousand years old); as a remedy
(for such ailments as hay fever and hangovers); and as a constituent of
cosmetics. Dr. Crane goes on to tell the fascinating story of honey, from times
before prehistoric man to the present day, and to show how bees have figured in
the minds of men as magical or scared creatures. Numerous literary references
show the value accorded to bees through the ages, as agents of industry and
thrift, and as objects of superstitious belief. The hive is considered, too, as
a political symbol.


Dr. Eva Crane began keeping bees in 1942 when she was given a swarm as a wedding
present. She is now Director of the International Bee Research Association and
travels widely to lecture and to study bees and honey.”

Blurb from the back cover.

BJ-0036✕

American Bee Journal, Vol. 114 No.5

American Bee Journal

May 1974



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping, Apian’s library

23 March 2022

American Bee Journal, Vol. 114 No.5 (May 1974)

Softcover. Size: 20.3 (W) × 27.9 cm (H).



BJ-0101✕

The Scottish Beekeeper: Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, Vol.
XLIII No. 5

Scottish Beekeepers’ Association

May 1966



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping

22 March 2022

The Scottish Beekeeper: Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, Vol.
XLIII No. 5 (May 1966)


Softcover, pp. 88-98. Size: 18.7 (W) × 24.2 cm (H).

Principal contents:

 * Association News and Views
 * Experiments on the Influence of Insect Pollination on Soft Fruits
 * What Other People Think
 * A Survey of Bee Healt in Scotland, 1949-1963
 * Random Notes
 * What’s On This Month
 * Topical Notes

BJ-0117✕

The Scottish Beekeeper: Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, Vol.
XLVII No. 7

Scottish Beekeepers’ Association

July 1970



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping, Apian’s library

22 March 2022

The Scottish Beekeeper: Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, Vol.
XLVII No. 7 (July 1970)

Softcover. Size: 18.7 (W) × 24.2 cm (H).

BJ-0121✕

The Scottish Beekeeper: Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, Vol.
XLIX No. 8

Scottish Beekeepers’ Association

August 1972



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping

22 March 2022

The Scottish Beekeeper: Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, Vol.
XLIX No. 8 (August 1972)

Softcover, pp. 140-151. Size: 18.7 (W) × 24.2 cm (H).

Principal contents:

 * Association News and Views
 * Random Notes
 * Have Bees Will Travel
 * Principles of Practical Beekeeping (continued)
 * Highland Show 1972
 * Spraying
 * Obituary
 * Beekeeping Convention
 * What’s On This Month
 * Portrait of a Book Collector
 * Swarming Puzzle

BJ-0189✕

Bee Craft 67, no. 07

-

July 1985



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping, Weaving, Skep

21 January 2024

Bee Craft 67, no. 07 ( July 1985)

BJ-0206✕

Swarming of Bees

Ministry of Agriculture, UK

1975



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping, Swarming

19 March 2022

Swarming of Bees, Reference Book 206. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food. (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1975 [1970]) Printed in Scotland
at HMSO Press, Edinburgh.

Softcover, pp.23. Size: 15.1 (W) × 24.2 cm (H).

ISBN 0 11 240506 1


Contents (index)

 * Introduction
 * Background to swarming
 * Origin of swarming
 * Role of queen substance
 * Swarming theories
 * Predisposing influences
 * Issue of a swarm
 * Prevention, detection and control of swarming



BJ-0218✕

The Scottish Beekeeper: Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, Vol.
XLIX No. 5

Scottish Beekeepers’ Association

May 1972



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping

22 March 2022

The Scottish Beekeeper: Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association, Vol.
XLIX No. 5 (May 1972)

Softcover, pp. 92-103. Size: 18.7 (W) × 24.2 cm (H).


Principal contents:

 * Association News and Views
 * How to Prevent Drifting
 * Principles of Practical Beekeeping (continued)
 * A Discourse or Historie of Bees (continued)
 * What’s On This Month
 * Random Notes
 * From a Beekeeper’s Notebook
 * Edmund Herold
 * West Linton and District
 * The Trend in Hive Design
 * What Other People Think

BJ-0222✕

Bee Craft 59, no. 11

-

November 1977



Beekeeping Journal

Beekeeping, Skep

21 January 2024

Bee Craft 59, no. 11. (November 1977)

D-0001✕

The Beekeepers and the Birdnester

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

1568



-

-

21 January 2024

A reproduction of The Beekeepers and the Birdnester by Pieter Bruegel the Elder,
circa 1568.

Source: Bruno Schier, Der Bienenstand in Mitteleuropa (Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1939;
repr. Wiesbaden: Sändig, 1979)

F-0001✕

Ulee’s Gold

Victor Nuñez

1997



Film

Beekeeping, Beekeeper, Honey

18 May 2022

Ulee’s Gold

Ulee’s Gold is an American drama film directed by Victor Nuñez and starring
Peter Fonda as the main actor. In short, Ulysses Jackson (nicknamed Ulee) is a
Vietnam War veteran and a beekeeper that gets into trouble because of his son’s
past. Jimmy (his son) his in prison for a bank heist and his former partners
track down his wife and Ulee himself to try finding Jimmy’s share of the money
left from the heist.

Film still (00:00:48)

Film still (00:01:56)

Film still (00:02:41)

Film still (00:47:38)

Film still (00:48:04)

Film still (01:18:11)

Film still (01:49:38)

F-0002✕

Hive – Zgjoi

Blerta Basholli

2021



Film

Beekeeping, Beekeeper, Honey

20 July 2022

Hive (Albanian: Zgjoi)

The movie is based on the true story of a woman, Fahrije, who goes against
misogynistic societal expectations to become an entrepreneur after her husband
went missing during the 1998-1999 Kosovo War. She starts selling her own ajvar
and honey, recruiting other women in the process. Fahrije’s husband has been
missing since the war in Kosovo, and along with their grief, her family is
struggling financially. In order to provide for them she launches a small
agricultural business, but in the traditional patriarchal village where she
lives, her ambition and efforts to empower herself and other women are not seen
as positive things. She struggles not only to keep her family afloat but also
against a hostile community who is rooting for her to fail. (Wikipedia 2022)

Film still (01:19:03)

Film still (00:46:24)

Film still (00:32:42)

Film still (00:20:21)

Film still (00:21:11)

Film still (01:18:43)

Film still (01:18:51)

F-0003✕

More than Honey

Markus Imhoof

2012



Film

Honeybee, Honey

28 July 2022

More than Honey

More than Honey is a Swiss documentary directed by Markus Imhoof about honeybee
in California, Switzerland, China and Austria.

http://www.morethanhoneyfilm.com/

Film still (00:12:48)

Film still (00:03:16)

Film still (00:25:42)

Film still (00:25:13)

Film still featuring Prof. Dr. Randolf Menzel (00:15:30)

Film still (00:32:19)

Film still (00:12:03)

Film still (01:20:58)

H-0372✕

Bannkorb [H-0372]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a front panel (oakwood), panel no longer in the original basket,
flight hole: mouth, 53 × 42 cm, 1786, provenance: Küker farm, Nienhagen near
Schwarmstedt, in Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection since 1965.

H-0373✕

Bannkorb [H-0373]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask (oakwood), basket not original (woven by Bohm), flight
hole: mouth, 51×43.5 cm, second half of the 19th century, prove- nance: Körker
Beekeeping in Grethem, in Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection since
around 1965.

H-0374✕

Bannkorb [H-0374]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main), eyes, and nostrils, 43 ×
36 cm, second half of the 19th century, provenance: Wortmann’s apiary, Odeweg
near Visselhövede, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0375✕

Bannkorb [H-0375]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 43×41 cm, date unknown, provenance:
Martens’s farm, Kükenmoor, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0376✕

Bannkorb [H-0376]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bann- korb with a mask, basket not original, flight holes: mouth (main),
nostrils, and eyes, 43 × 40 cm, 1809, provenance: Hörmann’s farm, Bosse near
Rethem, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0377✕

Bannkorb [H-0377]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 42×42 cm, 20th century, provenance: W.
Heitmann’s apiary, Krelingen, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0378✕

Bannkorb [H-0378]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main), nostrils, and eyes, 40 ×
42 cm, first half of the 20th century, provenance: W. Blanke’s apiary,
Wihelmsdorf near Haste or Wunstorf, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private
collection.

H-0379✕

Bannkorb [H-0379]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main), nostrils, and eyes,
37.5×40 cm, date unknown, provenance: Lüdermann’s apiary, Gross-Heins, now:
Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0380✕

Bannkorb [H-0380]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, 38 × 37 cm, before 1951, provenance:
Wesseloh’s apiary, Wehnsen, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0381✕

Bannkorb [H-0381]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 45.5×41 cm, first
half of the 20th century, provenance: Johannes Dehning’s apiary, Heidberg, in
Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection since 1966.

H-0382✕

Bannkorb [H-0382]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and nostrils, 40 × 36.5 cm, date
unknown, provenance: Gerd Bünger, Stellichte, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s
private collection.

H-0383✕

Bannkorb [H-0383]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes (not originally
perforated), 44×40 cm, 1901–20, provenance: Brockmann’s apiary, Westenholz near
Fallingbostel, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0384✕

Bannkorb [H-0384]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 41 × 37 cm,
1901–20, provenance: Robert Knüdel’s apiary, Holm-Seppensen, now: Hans-Günther
Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0385✕

Bannkorb [H-0385]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask (similar mask in Historisches Museum Domherrenhaus Verden),
flight hole: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 39.5 × 43 cm, before 1950, provenance:
W. Carstens’s apiary, in Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection since
1968.

H-0386✕

Bannkorb [H-0386]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, 45 × 45 cm, first half of the 20th
century, provenance: Hilmers’s farm, Barnbostel, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s
private collection.

H-0387✕

Bannkorb [H-0387]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 44.5 × 44 cm,
20th century, provenance: Hilmers’s farm, Barnbostel, now: Hans-Günther
Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0388✕

Bannkorb [H-0388]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 45×44 cm, second
half of the 18th century, provenance: Wittmoor near Rethem, now: Hans-Günther
Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0389✕

Bannkorb [H-0389]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask (oakwood), flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes,
46×41 cm, first half of the 19th century, provenance: Dreier’s farm, Otersen
near Rethem, now: Hans-Günther Brockmann’s private collection.

H-0390✕

Bannkorb [H-0390]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with shoulders and a mask, flight holes: mouth and nostrils, district
of Celle, 67×64 cm, second half of the 18th century, provenance: Timme’s farm in
Hassel, now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0391✕

Bannkorb [H-0391]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, 35 × 31 cm, before 1932, provenance:
Elliehausen near Göttigen, now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0392✕

Bannkorb [H-0392]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 37 × 32 cm, before 1932, provenance:
Elliehausen near Göttingen, now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0393✕

Bannkorb [H-0393]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 44×41 cm, circa 1930, provenance:
environs of Hermannsburg, Amme family in Uetze, now: Institut für Bienenkunde
Celle.

H-0394✕

Bannkorb [H-0394]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 45×43 cm, 1760, provenance:
Dachtmissen near Burgdorf, now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0395✕

Bannkorb [H-0395]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 46×41 cm, date unknown, previous
ownership: unknown, now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0396✕

Bannkorb [H-0396]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 50×40 cm, 1881, provenance: Lehrte,
now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0397✕

Bannkorb [H-0397]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Grotesque, Beekeeping

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and eyes, 48 × 37 cm, date unknown,
previous ownership: unknown, now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0398✕

Bannkorb [H-0398]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and nostrils, 47 × 39 cm, date
unknown, previous ownership: unknown, now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0399✕

Bannkorb [H-0399]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Grotesque, Beekeeping

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, 43×45 cm, date unknown, previous
ownership: unknown, now: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0400✕

Bannkorb [H-0400]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with shoulders and a mask, flight hole: mouth, 47×42 cm, before 1930,
previous ownership: unknown, aktuell: Institut für Bienenkunde Celle.

H-0401✕

Bannkorb [H-0401]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a front panel, flight hole: mouth, 50×35 cm, 1808, previous
ownership: unknown, now: Museum Nienburg.

H-0402✕

Bannkorb [H-0402]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and nostrils, 46×40 cm, second half of
the 18th century, previous ownership: unknown, now: Museum Nienburg.

H-0403✕

Bannkorb [H-0403]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask and hat, flight holes: mouth and nostrils, 60×42 cm, second
half of the 19th century, previous ownership: unknown, now: Museum Nienburg.

H-0404✕

Bannkorb [H-0404]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and eyes, 44×39.5 cm, second half of
the 18th century/first half of the 19th century, previ- ous ownership: unknown,
now: Museum Nienburg.

H-0405✕

Bannkorb [H-0405]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a front panel, flight holes: mouths, 68×34 cm, second half of the
18th century/ first half of the 19th century, previous ownership: unknown, now:
Museum Nienburg.

H-0406✕

Bannkorb [H-0406]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 40×36 cm, second
half of the 18th century/first half of the 19th century, previous ownership:
unknown, now: Museum Nienburg.

H-0407✕

Bannkorb [H-0407]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Grotesque, Beekeeping

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 51×37 cm, 1859, previous ownership:
unknown, now: Historisches Museum Hannover.

H-0408✕

Bannkorb [H-0408]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Grotesque, Beekeeping

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 47×41 cm,
1880-99, previous ownership: unknown, now: Historisches Museum Hannover.

H-0409✕

Bannkorb [H-0409]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and nostrils, 39×38 cm, circa 1850,
provenance: Rotenburg District, now: Historisches Museum Hannover.

H-0410✕

Bannkorb [H-0410]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 45 × 37 cm, date
unknown, provenance: Kaiser, Westen, now: Historisches Museum Domherrenhaus
Verden.

H-0411✕

Bannkorb [H-0411]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main), nostrils, and eyes, 44×42 cm,
1875, provenance: M. Lüdemann, now: Historisches Museum Domherrenhaus Verden.

H-0412✕

Bannkorb [H-0412]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main), nostrils, and eyes, 44×42 cm,
1875, provenance: M. Lüdemann, now: Historisches Museum Domherrenhaus Verden.

H-0413✕

Bannkorb [H-0413]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with shoulders and a mask, flight holes: mouth and nostrils, 68×57 cm,
second half of the 18th century, provenance: Timme’s farm in Hassel, district of
Celle, now: Bomann-Museum Celle.

H-0414✕

Bannkorb [H-0414]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main), nostrils, and eyes, 44 ×
39 cm, date unknown, previous ownership: unknown, now: Bomann-Museum Celle.

H-0415✕

Bannkorb [H-0415]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main) and nostrils, 46 × 37 cm,
unknown, previous ownership: unknown, now: Bomann-Museum Celle.

H-0416✕

Bannkorb [H-0416]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main) and nostrils, 52×45 cm, 1815,
provenance: Brümmerhof near Soltau, now: Heimatverein Peetshof Wietzendorf e.V.

H-0417✕

Bannkorb [H-0417]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main) and nostrils, 43 × 40 cm,
1820-25, provenance: Lüneburg Heath, now: Heimatverein Peetshof Wietzendorf
e.V.

H-0418✕

Bannkorb [H-0418]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main) and nostrils, 51×34 cm, date
unknown, previous ownership: unknown, now: Deutsches Bienenmuseum Weimar.

H-0419✕

Bannkorb [H-0419]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth (main) and nostrils, 44 × 38 cm, date
unknown, previous ownership: unknown, now: Heidemuseum Rischmannshof Walsrode.

H-0420✕

Bannkorb [H-0420]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 41×37 cm, circa 1970, previous
ownership: unknown, now: Heidemuseum Rischmannshof Walsrode.

H-0421✕

Bannkorb [H-0421]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 41×37 cm, circa 1970, previous
ownership: unknown, now: Heidemuseum Rischmannshof Walsrode.

H-0422✕

Bannkorb [H-0422]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, 45 × 42 cm, 1741, previous ownership:
unknown, now: Heidemuseum Rischmannshof Walsrode.

H-0423✕

Bannkorb [H-0423]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and eyes, 43 × 41 cm, unknown,
previous ownership: date unknown, now: Dieter Röpke’s private collection.

H-0424✕

Bannkorb [H-0424]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and eyes, 43 × 41 cm, unknown,
previous ownership: date unknown, now: Wilhelm Haase-Bruns’s private collection.

H-0425✕

Bannkorb [H-0425]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

16 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 52 × 46 cm, circa
1880, provenance: near Soltau, now: Heimatbund Museum Soltau.

H-0426✕

Bannkorb [H-0426]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight hole: mouth, 43×41 cm, date unknown, previous
ownership: un- known, now: Zeidel-Museum Feucht.

H-0427✕

Bannkorb [H-0427]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and eyes, 47×40 cm, date unknown,
previous ownership: unknown, now: Zeidel-Museum Feucht.

H-0428✕

Bannkorb [H-0428]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and eyes, 44×41 cm, date unknown,
previous ownership: unknown, now: Zeidel-Museum Feucht.

H-0429✕

Bannkorb [H-0429]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth, nostrils, and eyes, 51.5×41 cm, circa
1850, previous ownership: unknown, now: Museum Römstedthaus.

H-0430✕

Bannkorb [H-0430]

Apian

2023



Beehive

Beekeeping, Grotesque

17 January 2024

Bannkorb with a mask, flight holes: mouth and under the chin, 42×28 cm, circa
1850, previous ownership: unknown, now: Museum Römstedthaus.

H-0431✕

Figure hives from Höfel

Unknown

1549



Beehive

Beekeeping, Honeybee, Sculpture

20 January 2024

Figure hives from Höfel, Löwenberg District, 16th and 17th centuries.

Source: Die Biene, no. 11 (November 1993)

H-0432✕

Old figure hive from Svitavy

Unknown

2024



Beehive

Apotropaic, Magic, Grotesque, Sculpture

20 January 2024

Old figure hive from Svitavy.

Source: Leipziger Bienen-Zeitung 53, no. 12 (June 1938)

H-0433✕

Bee Madonna from the LĂŒneburg Heath

Unknown

1851



Beehive

Beekeeping, Skep, Apotropaic

21 January 2024

Bee Madonna from the Lüneburg Heath.

Source: Franz Lerner, Blüten, Nektar, Bienenfleiß: Die Geschichte des Honigs
(Munich: Ehrenwirth, 1984)

P-0001✕

Lenin as a Beekeeper

Ürjingiin YadamsĂŒren

1970



Painting

Politics

22 March 2022

Lenin as a Beekeeper, painting by Ürjingiin YadamsĂŒren, Mongolian People’s
Republic, 1970

P-0002✕

Spring Day, Apiary

Serhiy Svetoslavsky

1899



Painting

Beekeeping

22 March 2022

“Spring Day, Apiary” by Serhiy (Sergey Ivanovich) Svetoslavsky, 1899. Oil on
canvas, size: 174 (W) × 138 cm (H). Odessa Fine Art Museum, Ukraine.

PC-0002✕

Grotesque figures

Unknown

2024



Postcard

Grotesque, Apotropaic, Sculpture

20 January 2024

Grotesque figures, rue de la Panessac, Le-Puy-en-Velay.

PC-0003✕

Capital and grotesque

Unknown

2024



Postcard

Apotropaic, Mascaron, Grotesque, Architecture

21 January 2024

Capital and grotesque from the 13th century, Cathedral, Rouen.


Source: Apian Collection. Postcard [PC-0003] http://www.apian.ch/index/.

S-0010✕

Hiss

Apian, Laurent GĂŒdel

2021



Sonic ethnography

Beekeeping, Inzerki

22 March 2022

Hiss is a sonic ethnography exploring listening practices in beekeeping. Made in
collaboration with the beekeeper Souaf Hassan, the 29-minute piece navigates
through the acoustic space of his apiary. Recorded near Inzerki, Morocco – home
of the world’s largest migratory apiary – Hiss centres on Hassan’s modest
congregation of bee organisms, hived in both traditional and modern beehives.
Twenty-two years of practice has provided Hassan with listening abilities to
analyse specific sonic cues, allowing him to monitor and predict bee behaviour.
Building upon a conversation which discusses these skills, Hiss interweaves
recordings of honeybees together with Laurent’s electronic music. The result
momentarily unites an array of acoustic communities into a polyphonic
interspecies composition.

Graphic design: Dimitri Jeannottat
Mastering: Bob Bellerue
Copy editing: Ellen Lapper
A special thanks to Souaf Hassan, Mohamed Ounih, Gilles Aubry, and the art space
LE 18 in Marrakesh.





W-0001✕

Souaf Hassan’s poem

Souaf Hassan

2018



Poem

Inzerki, Honeybee

22 March 2022

“We need the research and we need to know more about this beautiful little bee
which tells us: ‘Search and always do research if you can know a little about my
life and my work, my wax constructions, my production of honey, propolis and
venom. And I gather all kinds of flowers, fruits, which you need to live. But
you, man, you don’t respect my role in your life. So just take one step and stop
destroying my life and my role in your life. Stop the pesticides. Let us live
you and me in a very natural and clean place. Because my life is bound to be
attached to your life, but too bad, I think you’ll find out when it’s too late.
And when I leave this little planet, I wish you, with all my heart, not to
follow me.’”

A poem written by Souaf Hassan, Inzerki, Morocco, 2018.





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