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Agriculture in the mountains / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Agricultural extension work -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- Study and teaching. ; Lincoln Memorial University. Agriculture Department.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the vocational agricultural courses taught at Lincoln Memorial University. Tuition is free and the students are "taught the scientific method of Dairying, Poultry Raising, Bee Keeping,...
Lincoln Memorial University

Man cutting honeycomb into square
Bee culture; Apiaries; Beehives; Honey
A man wearing a beekeeper's netted hat and gloves holds a section of honeycomb collected from a bee tree. The man is cutting the honeycomb into a small square with a knife. Honey drips down from the comb.
Ferrum College

Small, square section of honeycomb from beehive
Bee culture; Apiaries; Beehives; Honey; Equipment
Close up of a man's gloved hand removing a small section of honeycomb from a beehive in a wooden box. Knife lays across the corner of the box. Bee smoker sits on the ground in front of the beehive.
Ferrum College

Smoking bees in a boxed beehive
Bee culture; Apiaries; Beehives; Honey; Equipment
Man wearing gloves and beekeeper's hat uses a bee smoker to pacify the bees in an open boxed hive. Large metal pot sitting on top of another beehive.
Ferrum College

Man holding section of honeycomb from beehive
Bee culture; Apiaries; Beehives; Honey; Equipment
A man in a beekeeper's netted hat and gloves holds up a small, square section of honeycomb to be placed in the boxed beehive at the bottom of the picture. Large metal pot and bee smoker sit on table to left of beehive.
Ferrum College

Smoking bees in a boxed hive
Bee culture; Beehives; Apiaries; Equipment; Honey
A man holds a bee smoker with the nozzle pointed at a small, square section of honeycomb sitting on top of other honeycombs in a boxed hive. Another bee box is to the left of the man. A large metal pot sits on top of hive.
Ferrum College

Beekeeper with beehives
Bee culture; Beehives; Apiaries; Honey
A man in a beekeeper's netted hat and gloves holds a knife, poking at sections of a beehive inside a wooden box. A large metal pot and a bee smoker sit on a second boxed beehive.
Ferrum College

Beekeeper and his beehives
Bee culture; Honey; Apiaries; Beehives
A man in gloves and a beekeeper's hat holds large section of honeycomb above an open beehive box. Many bees swarming over the honeycomb and box. Smaller sections of honeycomb are in metal pot to left of the beehive.
Ferrum College

Removing frames from beehive
Bee culture; Honey; Apiaries; Beehives
Close up of a man's gloved hands using a knife to remove a small, framed section of a honeycomb from a boxed beehive.
Ferrum College

Display of two squares of honeycomb from boxed beehive
Bee culture; Honey; Apiaries; Beehives
Man in gloves and beekeeper's hat holds a framed square of honeycomb in his right hand. Another square sits on top of open box holding the rest of the beehive. Metal pot and a bee smoker sit on top of another beehive box.
Ferrum College

Bee hunters walking through woods
Bees; Equipment; Honey
A man walking through the woods holding a netted beekeeper's hat and a metal pot in his left hand and a chainsaw in his right. Another man is farther ahead next to two pine trees. The men are looking for a bee tree to gather honeycomb. Part of a...
Ferrum College

Man chopping tree with an axe
Bees; Equipment; Lumber industry
A man chops a notch in a tree with an axe. Part of a series of photos of a bee hunting trip attributed to Ted Dehart.
Ferrum College

Tree felling and pacifying bees
Bees; Equipment; Lumber industry
Three men work on a bee tree. One man in a beekeeper's hat and gloves pacifies honey bees with a bee smoker, while the other two men cut the tree with a crosscut saw. Part of a series of photos of a bee hunting trip attributed to Ted Dehart.
Ferrum College

Tree cutting with crosscut saw
Bees; Equipment; Lumber industry
Two men cut a section of a bee tree using a crosscut saw. Part of a series of photos of a bee hunting trip attributed to Ted Dehart.
Ferrum College

Man removing honeycomb from bee tree
Bees; Honey
A man moves a section of a tree trunk, exposing a honeycomb inside the tree. A large metal pot sits on the tree trunk in front of the man. Man is wearing gloves and a beekeeper's hat with a net that protects the man's face and neck from bee...
Ferrum College

Bee hunter displays honeycomb
Bees; Honey
Close up of a man's hands holding a large section of honeycomb with the hollowed bee tree below. Part of man's beekeeper's hat visible in top right corner of the photo. Part of a series of photos of a bee hunting trip attributed to Ted Dehart.
Ferrum College

Two men sitting on a log
Bees; Honey; Equipment
Two men sitting on a log in the woods. The man on the right is smoking a cigarette and talking. The man on the left holds a tin object used for smoking bees out of a bee tree. The bee smoker is a small cylinder container with a cone-shaped...
Ferrum College

Smoking bees in a hollow tree
Bees; Honey; Equipment
Bee hunters. One man pries part of trunk from the tree with a metal bar while the other man pacifies the bees with a bee smoker. Palmer's notes read, "Sam Dehart's bee tree."
Ferrum College

Bee hunters walk through woods carrying tools
Bees; Honey; Equipment
Two men and a boy walk up a hill in the woods. Leading man and boy carrying unidentified objects. The second man carrys a crosscut saw in his left hand, and a metal bucket in his right. Palmer attributes this bee hunt to Ted Dehart.
Ferrum College

Removing bark from bee tree
Bees; Honey; Equipment; Lumber industry
A man wearing a beekeeper's hat and gloves removes a section of bark from a tree trunk with an axe to access the honeycomb in the hollow center of the tree. Part of a series of photos of a bee hunting trip attributed to Ted Dehart.
Ferrum College

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