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Beekeeper Smoking Hive
Beekeeper using a smoker on the top of an open hive without protective bee hat or gloves.
Scholl with Beehive
Beekeeper handling hives. Writing on back: Scholl's method of "jerking" off bulk comb honey helpers.
Albert Peglow in Apiary
1923
Wisconsin beekeeper Albert Peglow posed standing outdoors among beehives in apiary.
Beekeeper Holding Frame of Foundation
circa 1970-1979
Unknown beekeeper holding up a frame full of bees. He is wearing overalls and a hat and is smoking a cigarette. There is another hive in the background.
H.F. Wilson in His Bee Yard at Home
1923
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 separate hives in the small yard.
Madison Beekeeper and Child
1916
A.C. Bunnill, a beekeeper from Madison, and his child.
