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Loading Beehives into Truck

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Description: Beekeepers in protective clothing load beehives into a truck. Three men stand amongst beehives in a forest clearing. Two of the men use various beekeeping ...
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Chas. Beard Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Chas. (Charles) Beard, a grower of fancy rural New York seed potatoes from Elcho, Wisconsin, with a duotone image of a potato, and "One of My...
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A.C. Bennett & Son Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of A.C. Bennett & Son, growers of and dealers in cultivated cranberries from Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, with a two-color illustration of cranberri...
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Maquinas Para Patatas

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Description: Spanish language advertisement for potato planting equipment, featuring two photographs of men planting in a field. The headline reads, "Maquinas para Pata...
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Apiary of N.E. France

Date: 1904
Description: Apiary of 92 colonies owned by N.E. France, a celebrated beekeeper. In the center is the frame of the 10x10-ft extracting house.
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J.E. Crane and Son Letterhead

Date: 1915
Description: Letterhead of J.E. Crane & Son Producers and Dealers in Comb and Extracted Honey and Wax 51-53 Washington Street Middlebury, VT., May 26, 1915. "The oldest...
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Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library Bookplate

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Description: Bookplate of the Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library. Portrait of Miller in center with phrase, "Do unto others as ye would that others do unto ...
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The Queen Beehive Advertisement

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Description: Newspaper advertisement for "The Queen Beehive." Sold by Atkinson and Barber, Indianapolis, Indiana. "The best and most roomy arrangement for fertilizing t...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Geared Rotary Honey Extractor Advertisement

Date: 1872
Description: Advertisement for the Improved Geared Rotary Honey Extractor for 1872. Manufactured by Gray and Winder of Cincinnati, OH. Illustrations of two different mo...
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Man Holding Frame Near Hives

Date: 1937
Description: A young man wearing a veiled hat stands next to hives while holding up a frame with bees on it. He holds a hive tool in his right hand.
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Beekeeper Weighing Small Hive on Birdhouse

Date: 09 18 1981
Description: A beekeeper, wearing a bee suit, including gloves, and a hat with a veil, is crouching down and weighing a beehive that is attached to a birdhouse.
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Woman and Girls with Beehive Frames

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Description: Group portrait of a woman and five young girls and teenagers each holding a frame from a beehive, full of bees.
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Hives on Shed Roof in Flood

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Description: Hives on top of a shed in a flood. From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A part of his Louisiana apiary placed on a shed to prevent their being swep...
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Honey and Dessert Display

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Description: A table display of honey, honeycomb, and honey sweetened desserts. The display is centered around a figurine of a woman holding ribbons, which extend to th...
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Monterey County Honey Display

Date: 01 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of a honey display for Monterey County, California. At the American Honey Producers' League Convention.
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Beekeeping Class

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Description: Group portrait of men and women posing outdoors in full beekeeping gear. Part of a class on beekeeping in Wisconsin.
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Man Standing in Apiary

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Description: An unknown man wearing a hat and holding a bee smoker is standing in an apiary in the woods. There are two tree stumps in the foreground that are burned.
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Swarm of Bees on Fence Post

Date: 06 1921
Description: Swarm of bees on a fencepost and barbed wire. A hive sits directly underneath the swarm. Frank Buhl is the owner of this photograph.
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Hiving Swarmed Bees

Date: 1912
Description: Alexander Krueger standing on a ladder taking a swarm of bees that had swarmed in a tree. On the ground near the ladder is a hive box.

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