Bee Houses as a Rural Construct: Sampling from Konya, Türkiye

Within the historical and geographical continuity of beekeeping culture, a rural building typology has developed for storage hives use bees. The bee house structures, also known as apiaries function shelters used by bees to produce honey are unique distinctive components context. architecture these structures can be examined in typological framework through their tectonic qualities they differ terms material, construction logic, architectural design. This study addresses type interprets reading examining structural construct logic this concepts “tectonic” “syntax”. To illustrate discussion, group houses identified documented field surveys conducted areas within borders Konya province Turkey introduced contextualized; is prepared classifying sample according techniques. For comparison, Antalya examples which set basis briefly mentioned.