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Honey Bee

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Description: Honey bee.
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Worker Bee

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Description: View from top of worker bee.
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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.
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Bee House on Wheels

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Description: Bee house on wheels. A rectangular structure with a roof and openings along the side, sitting among trees.
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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. ...
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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."
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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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T.M. Yullick and Bee Swarm

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Description: Mr. T.M. Yullick holds onto a branch with a swarm of bees.
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National Bee-Keepers Association/N.E. France Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of N.E. France of Platteville, Wisconsin, the general manager and treasurer of the National Bee-Keepers Association, in the form of a label for...
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Dr. Bodog F. Beck Moving Announcement — Bee Venom

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Description: A moving announcement from Dr. Bodog F. Beck. Announcing the removal of his office to 116 East 58th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, New York Cit...
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Beekeeping Class

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Description: Beekeeping class in progress. All participants are wearing protective bee veils and hats, and some are wearing gloves. A crate or hive box in the backgroun...
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Advertising Trade Sample Card Bee Keeping

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Description: A colored illustration, featuring in the center a young girl standing by a modern bee hive and holding a smoker in her left hand. Her right hand is resting...
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Cowan Memorial Library Bookplate

Date: 1928
Description: Bookplate from the Cowan Memorial Library presented to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries by the British Beekeepers Association 1928. The illustrati...
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American Foul Brood Various Stages

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

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Description: An unidentified Wisconsin farmer surrounded by his beehives.
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Swarm of Bees on Man's Back

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Description: Close-up of a small swarm of bees on a man's back. He is wearing a white sweater, and a bee hat with veil. He is among a group of people, facing away from ...
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Agitating Bees in Log

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Description: A person with a protective hood over his head poking a log filled with honey bees.
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Man with Honeycombs

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Description: A mean, wearing a fedora and overalls, standing above a pile of honeycombs, presumably to collect honey.
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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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