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Marquette School

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Judy Russell is pointing to the queen bee in the colony at the Marquette School sixth grade classroom; she's discovered that all activity centers about the...
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Bird's-Eye View

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Description: View down hill of town in a valley. There is open land, homes, barns and a bee farm.
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Loading Beehives into Truck

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Description: Beekeepers in protective clothing load beehives into a truck. Three men stand amongst beehives in a forest clearing. Two of the men use various beekeeping ...
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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...
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Shipment of Pollen

Date: 1955
Description: Robert E. Bodoh kneels next to a shipment of pollen. Bodoh, in a protective beekeeper hat, holds a fist-full of pollen in his hand.
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Transporting Beehives at Henry's Honey Farm

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Description: Side view of a truck and flatbed trailer transporting beehives at Henry's Honey Farm. The truck is parked on a road among an open fields lined by trees. Th...
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Bee Hives on Bennett Marsh

Date: 1948
Description: Bee hives near the Bennett cranberry marshes.
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Beehive Farm

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands with fifty beehives on the farm of Bernhard Volkering in East Farmington. Trees and farm buildings surround the hives.
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Commercial Beehives in Woods

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Description: Beehives in the woods. They appear to be covered with wrapping for cold weather. There is a wire fence in the foreground.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 55-61

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Description: Way back in the soft center of hard times
did not their resistance to change in the sentiment
make some sense

What could take the place of the...
Photograph

Apiary of N.E. France

Date: 1904
Description: Apiary of 92 colonies owned by N.E. France, a celebrated beekeeper. In the center is the frame of the 10x10-ft extracting house.
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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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Dr Charles C. Miller Near Hives

Date: 1915
Description: Dr. Charles C. Miller standing among his beehives.
Postcard

"Buckwheat Cakes and Honey" Music Postcard

Date: 1907
Description: Music and lyrics to "Buckwheat Cakes and Honey." Portraits of Eugene Secor and George W. Work are at left and right at the top. In the center is an illustr...
Print

Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library Bookplate

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Description: Bookplate of the Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library. Portrait of Miller in center with phrase, "Do unto others as ye would that others do unto ...
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...
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.
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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.
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Two Men Scraping Hives

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

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