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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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Bee Farmer Reading

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Description: A bee farmer reads America's Bee Journal while sitting next to a number of hives.
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Badger Spelling Bee Officials

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: W.J. (Bill) Clark, master pronouncer in the Badger Spelling Bee finals, looks over the word list with bee officials Wallace Wikoff, Spelling Bee director, ...
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Bee Skep

Date: 1932
Description: Bee Skep.
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California Bee Aviary

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Description: Bee aviary in the hills of California.
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A.C. Miller's Bee Veil

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Description: Beekeeper Arthur Charles Miller's bee veil rolled up in someone's hand.
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Bee Hives on Bennett Marsh

Date: 1948
Description: Bee hives near the Bennett cranberry marshes.
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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 Skep Interior

Date: 1932
Description: Bee skep turned over to show bees and combs inside.
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Stone Bee House

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Description: Stone "bee house". Writing on back: "An old stone bee house in Sarchem, Indiana. The hives were arranged on shelves on the inside, and the bees passed thro...
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Backyard Bee Apiary

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Description: A man wears bee protection, in what appears to be a small apiary in his backyard.
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Bee Keepers Supply Store

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Description: Bee keepers supply store in the middle of winter with three men out on the loading dock.
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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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Jar of Ruby Bee Jam

Date: 02 07 1952
Description: A jar of Ruby Bee strawberry jam.
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Bee Inspector

Date: 1934
Description: The state bee inspector (probably the man on the left), and a Dane County farmer.
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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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Women at Sewing Bee

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Description: Seven women gathered at a sewing bee.
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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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Madison Spelling Bee Officials

Date: 03 25 1954
Description: Madison Spelling Bee Officials prepare for the up-coming spelling bee. They are, from left to right, Francis Clawson, Rev. Sig G. Sandrock, Nancy Stoufenra...

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