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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

American Foul Brood Various Stages

Date: 01 1936
Description: A photograph of a book page with illustration of American Foul Brood at various stages.
Photograph

Two Men Scraping Hives

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

Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
Print

Governor Dreyfus Print "I Eat Bee Poop"

Date: 03 08
Description: Artwork by Steve H--. Silkscreen. Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus quote illustrated "I Eat Bee Poop." "Wisconsin Grade A Fancy" in lower left corner.

Presen...

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

Portrait of Harry E. Hill

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Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of Harry E. Hill, with writing on the back: "To A.C. Miller with treasured memories of years agone. Sincerely H. Hill."
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Apiary Tent Display

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Description: Three men and a boy standing outside a tent with a sign reading "Apiary." Beekeeping supplies, including hives and frames are displayed inside and outside ...
Photograph

German Bee Skep Apiary

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Description: Apiary of more than forty bee skeps stacked in rows in an open-fronted roofed structure. Caption reads: "Bienenstand der Firma HEINR. THIE, Wolfenbuttel."
Photograph

Apiary near Jerusalem

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Description: View down hill of a large apiary in an open area among bushes, grass, and trees. Caption reads "Apiary of Kiryath-Anarim near Jerusalem, hills of Judea."
Photograph

Man Holding Frame Near Hives

Date: 1937
Description: A young man wearing a veiled hat stands next to hives while holding up a frame with bees on it. He holds a hive tool in his right hand.
Photograph

Robert Neureuther Inspecting Frame

Date: 03 27 1980
Description: Beekeeper Robert Neureuther examines a frame of honeycomb partly filled with honey. Behind him are hives wrapped up for cold weather.

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