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Arthur C. Miller with Comb

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Description: Arthur C. Miller holding a slab of comb taken from the walls of a building.
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Hives on Balcony

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a balcony on the side of a brick building with several beehives. The man on the right is in front of an open window and is h...
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Scholl with Beehive

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Description: Beekeeper handling hives. Writing on back: Scholl's method of "jerking" off bulk comb honey helpers.
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Henry Alley Examining Queens

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Description: Henry Alley, examining just averaged queens in a cage nursery.
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Henry Alley and Smoker

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Description: Henry Alley demonstrating the use of his famous smoker.
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Deacon Hardscrebble

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Description: Deacon Hardscrebble with straw hat and pipe. Dog in background.
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"My First Catch" A Swarm of Bees

Date: 08 28 1908
Description: 8-year-old Verna Hohman holding a tree branch with a swarm of bees. Caption reads: "'My First Catch' A Swarm of Bees." Sent to the American Bee Journal<...
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George J. Gunther with Swarm on Arm

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Description: George J. Gunther standing among hives, with a swarm of bees on his arm.
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Young Man Holding Swarm

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Description: Young man standing next to a bee skep while holding a swarm of bees. German writing on back: "Mein John Felix."
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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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Madison Beekeeper and Child

Date: 1916
Description: A.C. Bunnill, a beekeeper from Madison, and his child.
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Dr. Bruennich Collecting a Swarm

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Description: Dr. K. Bruennich, standing on a step ladder, holding a basket or skep, and with a cigar in his mouth, collecting a swarm of bees from a tree. Germany.
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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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Japanese Apiary

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Description: Apiary in Japan, with light snow on the ground and a man standing on the right near a small building. Experimental apiary on the northeastern part of the m...
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Portrait of Beekeeper

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Description: Portrait of an unknown beekeeper, wearing a beekeeping hat and veil.
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Apiary on Roof

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Description: Rooftop apiary, with two men sitting in the background. There are chimneys along the roofline on the right.
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Apiary on Shed Roof and Levy in Flood

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Description: View across water of beehives on top of a shed in a flood. Writing on photograph: "From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A picture of part of his Lo...
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Beekeeper L.A. Smith with Stacked Hives

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Description: Beekeeper L.A. Smith standing next to hive boxes stacked on top of each other, exposing the frames. There is a swarm of bees on a hive box on the ground.
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Baby Sitting Among Beehives

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Description: Baby seated in the apiary of M.A. Dalazer. A man is standing on the right.
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Stone Bee House

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Description: Stone "bee house". Writing on back: "An old stone bee house in Sarchem, Indiana. The hives were arranged on shelves on the inside, and the bees passed thro...

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