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Woman Catching Bees

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Description: A woman demonstrates the use of a homemade bee catcher on a tree in her yard.
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House Apiary

Date: 1877
Description: House apiary in Minnesota.
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Apiary of Sophia Leonard

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Description: Sophia Leonard's 185 colony apiary.
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Stacy Apiaries

Date: 1916
Description: Stacy Apiaries with beehives in the foreground and a house and people in the background.
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Iowa and Wisconsin Beekeepers

Date: 05 19 1914
Description: A group portrait of Iowa and Wisconsin beekeepers in the woods with houses in the background.
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California Bee Aviary

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Description: Bee aviary in the hills of California.
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Home of E. France

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Description: Home of E. France & Son. The buildings from left to right are: Warehouse No. 2 (partially blocked by 20 foot tall spruce hedge), Warehouse No. 3, 160 colon...
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Dr. Charles C. Miller Transferring Bees

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Description: Dr. Charles C. Miller transferring bees from stump to wire container.
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A Ghost Visiting Harry E. Hill

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Description: Harry E. Hill, seated at a desk, with a shrouded skull image to his left. The skull is exposed to look translucent, as is common in spirit photography.
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Dorothy Wright and Children with Bee Skep

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Description: Miss Dorothy Quincy Wright and two children sit on the ground next to a bee skep in yard surrounded by flowers. Linden apiary.
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Woman and Girls with Beehive Frames

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Description: Group portrait of a woman and five young girls and teenagers each holding a frame from a beehive, full of bees.
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Japanese Apiary

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Description: Apiary in Japan, with light snow on the ground and a man standing on the right near a small building. Experimental apiary on the northeastern part of the m...
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Apiary on Roof

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Description: Rooftop apiary, with two men sitting in the background. There are chimneys along the roofline on the right.
Postcard

Miss Lucille Johnson with Bowl of Bees

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Description: Photographic postcard of Miss Lucille Johnson, a young girl in a white dress with a bow in her hair. She is squatting behind a large bowl of bees, hands ou...
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Baking Contest

Date: 1926
Description: Entries in the Lewis Baking Contest. Seven tables full of plates of desserts are displayed in a large room.
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Apiary of F.H. Stacey

Date: 1916
Description: Backyard apiary consisting of a large group of numbered beehives on a platform in front of a house. Behind them is a man standing wearing a vest and hat. W...
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Two Men with Beehives

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Description: Two men standing posing outdoors behind beehives. Square honeycomb and full frames are displayed on top of hives. In the background on the right is a build...
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Brovald Moving Beehives

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Description: Andrew C. Brovald moving a hive with a wooden wheelbarrow. A row of beehives are on the left, and more beehives are sitting in the grass in the background....
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H.F. Wilson in His Bee Yard at Home

Date: 1923
Description: Beekeeper H.F. Wilson sitting among his hives in a backyard apiary. To his left, a hive smoker is resting on a hive letting off smoke. There are a least 25...
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Three Men Tasting Honey

Date: 10 1969
Description: Three men standing in front of a window curtain sampling honey.

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