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| Description: | Drawing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Features the dome with the "Wisconsin" statue replaced by a seated beekeeper wearing protective clothing, ... |
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| Description: | Honey display by the Eureka Apiary. A sign in front of the display on the table says "Hands Off." Mrs. J.N. Heater stands on the left. In the foreground ce... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Cover of the Directory of Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Association, Inc. Red and black illustration of "Badger Brand Honey" over an outline of the st... |
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| Description: | Andrew C. Brovald moving a hive with a wooden wheelbarrow. A row of beehives are on the left, and more beehives are sitting in the grass in the background.... |
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| Description: | Photograph of a swarm of bees on an "iron Policeman" in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Caption reads: "One of the most noval [sic] pictures ever taken or ever publi... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Manitowoc County Honey Queen, Lois Lensmeyer of Whitelaw, Wisconsin. She wears a white dress and is standing and smiling with her Honey Queen sash and crow... |
| Date: | 06 1921 |
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| Description: | Frank Buhl is standing next to a swarm of bees on a fence post and barbed wire. A beehive is directly beneath the swarm. Buhl, who is wearing suspenders, i... |
| Date: | 06 07 1966 |
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| Description: | View from road of a truck pulled off to the side of the road. The back of the truck is collapsed, containing beehives spilling onto the ground. "E.R. Raley... |
| Date: | 08 01 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 1928 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four men: C.L. Corkins, H.F. Wilson, C.W. Hartman, and Frank Rauchfuss standing in front of a display of honey in jars, and boxes of hone... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Backyard apiary consisting of a large group of numbered beehives on a platform in front of a house. Behind them is a man standing wearing a vest and hat. W... |
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| Description: | Backyard apiary of Elias Fox. Chickens are in the yard among the numbered beehives. Fox and family are posing standing in the background in front of a fenc... |
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| Description: | Men in a grain field are piling hay or straw onto a wagon as one man stands on top of the pile. On the left is a windmill on a wooden tower and behind are ... |
| Date: | 10 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Two fourth graders at Lincoln School, Freddiemae Hill, left, and Russell Allen, Jr, right, are observing 10,000 bees that are preparing for winter in their... |
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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... |
| Date: | 05 1964 |
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| Description: | Black and white cartoon depicting two men in an apiary. One man is standing over a beehive with ridiculous electrical equipment strapped to his chest and h... |
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| Description: | View across field of the house and apiary of J.E. Cady. There is a man in a horse and carriage in front of the house. The carriage has a sign on the side t... |
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| Description: | View towards a farm at the base of a hillside, with smoke coming out of a chimney on a farmhouse, and two outbuildings. A group of eight people are posing ... |
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