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University of Minnesota Bee Culture
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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. Examples of foul brood and healthy brood are in frames displayed on the table. On the floor is a modern hive box, straw skep, and a hollow log with a wood cover.
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Honey Display Window
circa 1910-1919
Window display of honey and bee products. Decorative bee skep, hive boxes, comb honey, candles, two observation hive frames of bees, photographs, and small sculptures surround containers of honey. ...
Display of Beehives
Old time hive display at Honey Acres. Hives from left to right: skep, chaf hive, two colony hive, 1890 hive, and modern hive.
Juneau County Honey Display
Honey display from the Juneau County Beekeepers Association.
Four Men at the American Honey Producers League Convention
January 1928
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 honeycomb. A sign above the exhibit says: "Cal...
Illustrations of Bee Skep Design
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 winter and covered stands during the summer."
A.I. Root Company Bee Supplies Display
Display of beekeeping equipment from A.I. Root Company from Medina, Ohio.
