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L.E. Mercer with Honey-Producing Equipment

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Description: L.E. Mercer, of Lenox Iowa, posed with honey-producing equipment. Mercer is wearing a full suit, bow tie, and hat.
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University of Minnesota Bee Culture

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Description: Display for the University of Minnesota's Division of Bee Culture. An unknown man wearing a suit and tie and holding a hive frame stands near the display. ...
Photograph

Checking on Beehive

Date: 1955
Description: Robert E. Bodoh checks on the condition of a hive by opening it using smoke to calm the bees. Bodoh wears a protective hat with mesh veil. Several other hi...
Photograph

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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Dr Charles C. Miller Near Hives

Date: 1915
Description: Dr. Charles C. Miller standing among his beehives.
Book or Pamphlet

Page from Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet

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Description: Pages 2 and 3 from the Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet. Black and yellow drawings of the tomb of king tut and a vessel of honey, and a man wo...
Book or Pamphlet

Pages from Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet

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Description: Page 8 and inside back cover from Walter Hagen Honey Center Golf Balls Pamphlet. The text is a description of the materials used in the golf balls. Below i...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Queen Beehive Advertisement

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Description: Newspaper advertisement for "The Queen Beehive." Sold by Atkinson and Barber, Indianapolis, Indiana. "The best and most roomy arrangement for fertilizing t...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Geared Rotary Honey Extractor Advertisement

Date: 1872
Description: Advertisement for the Improved Geared Rotary Honey Extractor for 1872. Manufactured by Gray and Winder of Cincinnati, OH. Illustrations of two different mo...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Western Queen Bee Hive Advertisement

Date: 1872
Description: An advertisement for an Improvement in Movable Frame Bee Hives, The Western Bee Hive. Patented January 9, 1872 by H. Staggs from Topeka Kansas. Claims to b...
Photograph

Two Diseased Colonies

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Description: Two diseased colonies, Le Claire Case, City of Green Bay. Two beehives, separated from apiary, covered and weighted.
Photograph

Foul Brood Colonies in Enclosure

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Description: Two foul brood colonies in enclosure. Le Claire Case, city of Green Bay. Two diseased hives covered with sheet metal and weighted down.
Photograph

Two Men Scraping Hives

Date: 04 1934
Description: Two men scraping diseased hives.
Photograph

Beekeepers and Hives

Date: 1919
Description: Hand-colored photographic print. Two beekeepers, one standing, one crouching near hives in an apiary. "Herman Roebel's Apiary 1919" written on back of prin...
Photograph

Man Burning Beehives

Date: 04 1934
Description: Scorching hive bodies that were infected with American Foul Brood.
Photograph

Bee Skep

Date: 1932
Description: Bee Skep.
Photograph

Bee Skep Interior

Date: 1932
Description: Bee skep turned over to show bees and combs inside.
Photograph

Drawings of Combs, Bee Larvae, and Hives

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Description: Illustration from an unknown book. Drawings of combs, bee larvae, and hives, Figure 1-12.
Photograph

Bees on Hive Frame

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Description: Close-up of a man's hand holding a frame of bees from a hive.
Photograph

Illustrations of Bee Skep Design

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Description: Illustrations of skep hive design. Writing on back of photograph: "Skep hive used by Schiroch 1770. Made of straw usually kept in bee houses during the win...

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