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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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Madison Beekeeper and Child

Date: 1916
Description: A.C. Bunnill, a beekeeper from Madison, and his child.
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Honey Display

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Description: Honey display for Honey Week (November 19-25). W.E. Reim, C.E. Trout.
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Honey Bee Display

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Description: Display of bees in a large observation hive. The frames are behind glass or plastic. A man in white shirt, black pants and a plaid hat stands to the right,...
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Wives of Rusk County Beekeepers

Date: 1931
Description: Three of the wives of the Rusk County Beekeepers Association. From left to right they are the wives of Robert Knudtson, Leslie Yancey, and A.D. Calkins.
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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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Lady Removing Bees from Bumper

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Description: A woman removes a swarm of bees from the bumper and tail pipe of a car.
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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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Arthur C. Miller with Comb

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Description: Arthur C. Miller holding a slab of comb taken from the walls of a building.
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George J. Gunther with Swarm on Arm

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Description: George J. Gunther standing among hives, with a swarm of bees on his arm.
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Hot Plate Foundation Fastener

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Description: Original hot plate foundation fastener by Arthur Charles Miller, beekeeper. The plate is heated with the use of a glass hurricane lamp.
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H.F. Wilson in His Bee Yard at Home

Date: 1923
Description: Beekeeper H.F. Wilson sitting among his hives in a backyard apiary. To his left, a hive smoker is resting on a hive letting off smoke. There are a least 25...
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Iowa and Wisconsin Beekeepers

Date: 05 19 1914
Description: A group portrait of Iowa and Wisconsin beekeepers in the woods with houses in the background.
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Alice in Dairyland and Wisconsin Honey Queen

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Description: Alice in Dairyland and the Wisconsin Honey Queen at a Wisconsin Beekeepers display.
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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.
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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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Apiary on Roof

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Description: Rooftop apiary, with two men sitting in the background. There are chimneys along the roofline on the right.
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Albert Peglow in Apiary

Date: 1923
Description: Wisconsin beekeeper Albert Peglow posed standing outdoors among beehives in apiary.
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Portrait of J.E. Cady

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Description: Waist-up oval portrait of J.E. Cady, of Medford, Minnesota. He is wearing a suit coat, and has a long beard and a moustache.
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Art Kehl with Woman Wearing Bee Dress

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Description: Art Kehl is standing outdoors with a pipe in his mouth and is handing a matching hat to an unknown young woman in a dress decorated with bees. Located in R...

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