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Beekeeping Class

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Description: Group portrait of men and women posing outdoors in full beekeeping gear. Part of a class on beekeeping in Wisconsin.
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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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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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Art Kehl with Woman Wearing Bee Dress

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Description: Art Kehl is standing outdoors with a pipe in his mouth and is handing a matching hat to an unknown young woman in a dress decorated with bees. Located in R...
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Alice in Dairyland and Wisconsin Honey Queen

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Description: Alice in Dairyland and the Wisconsin Honey Queen at a Wisconsin Beekeepers display.
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Iowa and Wisconsin Beekeepers

Date: 05 19 1914
Description: A group portrait of Iowa and Wisconsin beekeepers in the woods with houses in the background.
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Alice in Dairyland and Honey Queen

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Description: Alice in Dairyland and the Wisconsin Honey Queen standing at a Wisconsin State Beekeepers Association stand, possibly at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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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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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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Beekeeping Class Meeting

Date: 04 24 1969
Description: Group of people at a meeting of "Beekeeping in Wisconsin" class following a yard inspection.
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Jennie Matzke and Bees

Date: 1924
Description: Jennie Matzke holds up a slate of honey comb covered in bees, while sitting next to numerous beehives.
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Stacy Apiaries

Date: 1916
Description: Stacy Apiaries with beehives in the foreground and a house and people in the background.
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Some of Our Friends Who Love the Honey Bees

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Description: Photographic collage of various beekeepers in the 1870s. Includes photographs of men, women, and children, with their names printed underneath their portra...
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Beeswax Candle Making Demonstration

Date: 03
Description: Mrs. Wasilinsky from Cumberland giving a candle making demonstration at the Polk-Burnett County Beekeeper Meeting. Mrs. Weber, Secretary Treasurer in the b...
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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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LeAnn Wenger, 1976 Buffalo County Honey Queen

Date: 1976
Description: LeAnn Wenger, the Buffalo County Honey Queen. Wenger's hometown is Fountain City, Wisconsin. She is standing in front of a honey display, wearing a Buffalo...
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Apiary of Elias Fox

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Description: Backyard apiary of Elias Fox. Chickens are in the yard among the numbered beehives. Fox and family are posing standing in the background in front of a fenc...
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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. ...

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