Painted Beehives, a Slovenian Tradition That Tells of Cultural Landscape
Updated on October 6, 2025 by Meg Pier
Painted beehives are a unique Slovenian tradition. Experience this exquisite folk art by visiting the Koželj family museum near Ljubljana.
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Wonderful place to visit.
It is indeed Ray! Thanks for visiting People Are Culture!
Thanks so much for this article! We purchased a panel when visiting Slovenia in 2017. It is pretty weather and has a date of 1876 on it. It is likely a replica, but curious if you had any ideas on resources to figure out the origin/era. Thanks!
We bought 2 story plaques from museum. wished we bought more of them. can we order them from Bee museum. Our geandchildren liveves them and the book about Bees written for children that we bought from the museum.
Best wishes