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Bee shelters of the Sil valley

Páramo del Sil, El Bierzo, León

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Bee shelters of the Sil valley

Curiosity · Páramo del Sil, El Bierzo, León

Image of Páramo del Sil, not of the place itself.

Circular stone enclosures, facing south and topped with great overhanging slabs, built to hold beehives and stop bears from destroying them. They dot the hills alongside the cabanos that sheltered the shepherds.

Photo: Fernado Palacios (Public domain)

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