Skep Project To-Do List:

• Collect straw
• Prepare straw: Remove seed heads, leaves, etc
• Find period basket-making documentation
• Collect blackberry stems to make bramble binding
• Make a cleave to prepare brambles
• Prepare brambles
• Make a bone awl from a goose leg
• Build a period shelter
• Set up shelter
• Make two skeps
• Set up skeps
• Learn how to collect bees in a skep
• Purchase two queens
• Collect bees
• Install bees in hive
• Document and take pictures of the entire process!