[MR] BBC: Beehive discovered in Rosslyn Chapel

[Sandi Rust]

lol..
Mungo, it was meant as a joke, but as per usual, it is difficult to emote in text. Perhaps if you read the part "Oh yeah, we found a couple skeltons in the cupboard over there..." in a sightly absent-minded, non-chalant way, you'd see the joke.. but I agree, finding skeletons in a church is commonplace, non-accessible beehives aren't.
MH 

--- On Wed, 3/31/10, Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu> wrote:


From: Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: [MR] BBC: Beehive discovered in Rosslyn Chapel
To: Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:34 AM


Marie Hélène and Noble Friends,

Skeletons are pretty routine in medieval churches. Think of the floor of Bath Abbey for example. Everywhere you walk is somebody's grave, and the pews and risers cover more graves, with some tombstones only partly showing. In a private chapel they were  probably less common, but still not completely unusual. I would expect family to be buried in a crypt, so maybe these were servants or chapel builders.

The bee hive, however, is something quite unusual.

Kind regards,


Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot

Sandi Rust wrote:
> I find it kind of funny that the discovery of *two skeletons* makes the news as an afterthough...
>  "This is amazing! It appears that this was made just so the bees could find a warm place without molestation. Oh yeah, we found a couple skeltons in the cupboard over there; but look at the intricity of this hive - I wonder how long this colony has been here. Hope they come back."
>  I have a couple archeologist friends... it's amazing what they focus on.
> (^_^)'
>  Marie Hélène
>   

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