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Woman Catching Bees

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Description: A woman demonstrates the use of a homemade bee catcher on a tree in her yard.
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Man and Woman near Beehives

Date: 01 06 1909
Description: A man and woman sit in a field near a large stand of beehives.
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T.M. Yullick and Bee Swarm

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Description: Mr. T.M. Yullick holds onto a branch with a swarm of bees.
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Bear in Apiary

Date: 1901
Description: A dead bear in the apiary of W.O. Victor, and the remains of the apiary. There are several rifles next to the bear.
Postcard

Bee Farmer in Field

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Description: A cyanotype postcard of a bee farmer working in his field.
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University of Minnesota Bee Culture

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Description: 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. ...
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George Hodges

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Description: George Hodges of Belmont, New York, in protective beekeeper clothing. He was a warden and a beekeeper for a number of years. His wife had died ten years ...
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Family Sitting in Apiary

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Description: A family, man, woman and infant, sitting under a tree in a bee apiary. Behind them are rows of hives.
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Man and Woman Showing Bees

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Description: A man and woman hold up slates of honey comb covered in bees.
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Farmer and Beehives

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Description: An unidentified Wisconsin farmer surrounded by his beehives.
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Agitating Bees in Log

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Description: A person with a protective hood over his head poking a log filled with honey bees.
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Bee Hives on Bennett Marsh

Date: 1948
Description: Bee hives near the Bennett cranberry marshes.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 55-61

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Description: Way back in the soft center of hard times
did not their resistance to change in the sentiment
make some sense

What could take the place of the...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Dr Charles C. Miller Near Hives

Date: 1915
Description: Dr. Charles C. Miller standing among his beehives.
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Two Men Scraping Hives

Date: 04 1934
Description: Two men scraping diseased hives.
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Man Burning Beehives

Date: 04 1934
Description: Scorching hive bodies that were infected with American Foul Brood.
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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."
Photograph

Apiary near Jerusalem

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Description: View down hill of a large apiary in an open area among bushes, grass, and trees. Caption reads "Apiary of Kiryath-Anarim near Jerusalem, hills of Judea."
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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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