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Yansky Apiary

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Description: Frank Yansky Apiary of 92 swarms.
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Man with Bees

Date: 12 10 1910
Description: A man displays a stick that has bees and honeycomb hanging from it.
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Two Men and a Bear

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Description: Two men, one watching the other feeding a black bear honey. They are standing in front of a sign that reads, "Western Honey Producers, Salix, Iowa."
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Roy Tait

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Description: Roy Tait standing next to some of his beehives.
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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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Man and Woman near Beehives

Date: 01 06 1909
Description: A man and woman sit in a field near a large stand of beehives.
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T.M. Yullick and Bee Swarm

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Description: Mr. T.M. Yullick holds onto a branch with a swarm of bees.
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Jesse Cochran and Beehives

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Description: Jesse Cochran of Virginia, demonstrating the use of smoke near his beehives.
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Removing Bees from Wall

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Description: Two men with bees removed from the wall of a building.
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Nonogakei Apiary

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Description: Men working, possibly breeding queen bees, in Nonogakei apiary in Okucho, Japan, Owari domain (present day Aichi prefecture).
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House Apiary

Date: 1877
Description: House apiary in Minnesota.
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Bear in Apiary

Date: 1901
Description: A dead bear in the apiary of W.O. Victor, and the remains of the apiary. There are several rifles next to the bear.
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Backyard Bee Apiary

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Description: A man wears bee protection, in what appears to be a small apiary in his backyard.
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Queen Bee Mailing Cage

Date: 1916
Description: Postcard including a photograph of a device used to transport a queen bee. On it is also an advertisement for ordering queen bees.
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Bee Farmer Reading

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Description: A bee farmer reads America's Bee Journal while sitting next to a number of hives.
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Bee Farmer in Field

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Description: A cyanotype postcard of a bee farmer working in his field.
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Man and Boy near Bee Box

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Description: An artists rendition of a man showing a boy bees in a beehive. Caption reads: "'There, sonny! See the yellow pollen on their legs? They are carrying bee-br...
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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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Man in Apiary

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Description: A well-dressed man stands in the middle of several beehives holding a flat box of honey comb covered with bees.

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