Man bent over an exposed section of honeycomb in a felled bee tree, cutting out the honeycomb with a knife. Bees swarm on the honeycomb and the tree trunk.
Man standing in front of a tree, pointing into a hole in the trunk to indicate the presence of a beehive / honeycomb. Man holds a bee smoker in his left hand. A chainsaw sits on the ground to the left of the tree.
Two men stand at stump of tree. One man holds chainsaw in the direction of the felled tree. Part of bee hunting series that Palmer attributes to Sam Dehart.
Two men stand next to a tree containing a beehive. Man on right wears beekeeper's hat and gloves and holds a chainsaw. Part of series of photos on bee hunting.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
A man saws part of a fallen tree trunk with a chainsaw. Part of a series on collecting honey from bee trees. Palmer's caption with photo reads, "Sam Dehart's bee tree. Sunday, June 1, 1969."
Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
Tommy Millard (born May 19, 1911) talks with Wayne Erbsen in Tommy's home in Asheville about his history of comedy and music. Tommy was an early medicine show comedian, one of the first entertainers on the Grand Ole Opry, and performed with Bill...