Macedonian Museums-9-Laografiko Lesxhs Politismoy-41

The

Florina Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. The town of Florina is the capital of the F ...

Culture Club was founded in 1980, originally as a film club. It later branched out into other activities, one of which was the founding of the Folklore Museum in the former Diethnes Hotel, a building in the eclectic style in the city centre. The exhibits come from all over the prefecture. The museums speciality is exhibits connected with

bee-keeping Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most-commonly-kept species but other honey-producing bees such as ''Melipona'' stingless bees are also kept. B ...

, of which it has one of the finest collections in

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, which has been included in the Melina educational programme. There is a display of old wooden and clay hives and accessories for collecting honey and

royal jelly Royal jelly is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of larvae and adult queens. It is secreted from the glands in the hypopharynx of nurse bees, and fed to all larvae in the colony, regardless of sex or caste.Graham, J. (ed.) (199 ...

, and there are also photographs illustrating the art of

apiculture Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most-commonly-kept species but other honey-producing bees such as ''Melipona'' stingless bees are also kept. ...

as it was practised in days gone by. In the exhibition rooms visitors can also see a variety of traditional everyday wear from the Florina area, looms, weaving implements, agricultural implements (for ploughing, reaping, threshing, and subsidiary activities), objects for everyday use (mainly cooking utensils), and a collection of medicinal plants and aromatic herbs.

File:Macedonian_Museums-9-Laografiko_Lesxhs_Politismoy-42.jpg, Collection of medicinal plants and aromatic herbs File:Macedonian_Museums-9-Laografiko_Lesxhs_Politismoy-43.jpg, Agricultural implements for ploughing, reaping, and subsidiary activities File:Macedonian_Museums-9-Laografiko_Lesxhs_Politismoy-44.jpg, Exhibits connected with traditional bee-keeping

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Museums in Florina