Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, 1578 (or after)

Bee keeping: in the centre, a bee keeper on a ladder uses a knife to scrape bees from a tree trunk into a hive, while another figure supports the base of the ladder; to left, three figures, two beating pans with sticks, watch a swarm of bees escaping above them; a row of hives and farm buildings to right engraving. Date: 1578 (or after). Dimensions: Height: 210 mm (image size); Width: 276 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum.