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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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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.
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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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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...
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Man Burning Beehives

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

Date: 1932
Description: Bee Skep.
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Bee Skep Interior

Date: 1932
Description: Bee skep turned over to show bees and combs inside.
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Bees on Hive Frame

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Description: Close-up of a man's hand holding a frame of bees from a hive.
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Boy Holding Bees Near Hive

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Description: A young boy is crouching and holding a small swarm of bees over what appears to be a nucleus box. Behind him are hive boxes and frames.
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Beekeepers Standing in Apiary

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Description: A man and a boy pose standing in apiary surrounded by beehives. The man is holding a smoker.
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Two Young Beekeepers

Date: 08 01 1958
Description: Two boys wearing hats with veils are working near a hive box near a small tree. A swarm of bees are on the ground near and on the hive box. One of the boys...
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William Tennessen Collecting Bees

Date: 07 11 1977
Description: William Tennessen, a West Bend beekeeper, carefully collects some of the 20,000 Italian bees that swarmed over the awning in front of the London Hat Shop, ...
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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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Hives on Balcony

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a balcony on the side of a brick building with several beehives. The man on the right is in front of an open window and is h...
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Scholl with Beehive

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Description: Beekeeper handling hives. Writing on back: Scholl's method of "jerking" off bulk comb honey helpers.
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Henry Alley Examining Queens

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Description: Henry Alley, examining just averaged queens in a cage nursery.
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Henry Alley and Smoker

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Description: Henry Alley demonstrating the use of his famous smoker.

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