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L.E. Mercer with Honey-Producing Equipment

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Description: L.E. Mercer, of Lenox Iowa, posed with honey-producing equipment. Mercer is wearing a full suit, bow tie, and hat.
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Richard Nixon and the Honey Queen

Date: 1958
Description: Richard M. Nixon welcomed by Barbara Bird, Honey Queen, and Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson with cheese package at the Oshkosh Airport.
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Erwin Alfonsus with Bees

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Portrait of Erwin Alfonsus, University of Wisconsin entomology department's "bee man," with hand covered with bees. There are beehives in the background.
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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Man in front of Fence

Date: 1873
Description: A bearded man is standing in the foreground in front of a fence, and a person is sitting on the fence on the right. Two people are standing on the hill beh...
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Farm and Rolling Hills

Date: 1873
Description: View of a prosperous farmstead from a neighboring hill. A man is standing near a woman in a horse-drawn vehicle in front of a board fence in the foreground...
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Farmer with Elaborate Fencing and Farmyard

Date: 1873
Description: A farmer with a long beard and wearing a hat is standing in the foreground in front of a board fence, which is part of an elaborate system of fencing surro...
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Men Working with Hay near Farmstead

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Description: Men in a grain field are piling hay or straw onto a wagon as one man stands on top of the pile. On the left is a windmill on a wooden tower and behind are ...
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Family at end of Path

Date: 1872
Description: A family is sitting at the end of a tree-lined path on a hill leading up to a frame house with a porch. A boy is sitting on the porch roof, which is flat. ...
Postcard

Bee Farmer in Field

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Description: A cyanotype postcard of a bee farmer working in his field.
Postcard

Man and Boy near Bee Box

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Description: An artists rendition of a man showing a boy bees in a beehive. Caption reads: "'There, sonny! See the yellow pollen on their legs? They are carrying bee-br...
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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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Bee Inspector

Date: 1934
Description: The state bee inspector (probably the man on the left), and a Dane County farmer.
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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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Man with Honeycombs

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Description: A mean, wearing a fedora and overalls, standing above a pile of honeycombs, presumably to collect honey.
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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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