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- Box Beehive, 1820-1880 -
- 1820-1880
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Box Beehive, 1820-1880
- Beehive Created from a Hollow Log -
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Beehive Created from a Hollow Log
- Observation Beehive, 1910-1915 - Beehives entered classrooms during the early 1900s. <em>The Handbook of Nature Study</em> (1911) instructed teachers to set the hive in a window. Bees entered through the small holes in the lower back and moved between levels through small holes. The front of the hive was sealed, but teachers could fold down the upper door so students could watch bees at work on the honeycomb, visible through glass panels.
- 1910-1915
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Observation Beehive, 1910-1915
Beehives entered classrooms during the early 1900s. The Handbook of Nature Study (1911) instructed teachers to set the hive in a window. Bees entered through the small holes in the lower back and moved between levels through small holes. The front of the hive was sealed, but teachers could fold down the upper door so students could watch bees at work on the honeycomb, visible through glass panels.
- Langstroth-Style Beehive, 1870-1920 - Lorenzo L. Langstroth devised the most enduring beehive innovation with his 1852 patent for an "Improved Mode of Constructing Beehives." Careful observation of bee behavior proved to him that frames had to be separated by 3/8th of an inch within the hive and between the frames and hive walls to allow space for bees to function. His discovery revolutionized beekeeping.
- 1870-1920
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Langstroth-Style Beehive, 1870-1920
Lorenzo L. Langstroth devised the most enduring beehive innovation with his 1852 patent for an "Improved Mode of Constructing Beehives." Careful observation of bee behavior proved to him that frames had to be separated by 3/8th of an inch within the hive and between the frames and hive walls to allow space for bees to function. His discovery revolutionized beekeeping.
- Revolving Beehive, 1869-1877 - Charles Eldad Spaulding's work as a cheese-box maker in Theresa, New York, influenced his design for a circular revolving beehive. His invention, patented in 1869, was not successful -- though this one is visually appealing with its hand-painted scrollwork and colorful scenes. Instead, rectangular beehives with removable frames in a bee-friendly space were becoming the standard for the growing commercial beekeeping industry.
- 1869-1877
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Revolving Beehive, 1869-1877
Charles Eldad Spaulding's work as a cheese-box maker in Theresa, New York, influenced his design for a circular revolving beehive. His invention, patented in 1869, was not successful -- though this one is visually appealing with its hand-painted scrollwork and colorful scenes. Instead, rectangular beehives with removable frames in a bee-friendly space were becoming the standard for the growing commercial beekeeping industry.
- Bee Skep - A bee skep provided shelter to domesticated honeybees. A skep consisted of coiled grain straw bound with wood splints. The small opening allowed bees to enter and make their honeycomb to store food to sustain the hive's bee larvae. Beekeepers put skeps near orchards, gardens, and fields with plants needing pollination and harvested the excess honey and beeswax.
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Bee Skep
A bee skep provided shelter to domesticated honeybees. A skep consisted of coiled grain straw bound with wood splints. The small opening allowed bees to enter and make their honeycomb to store food to sustain the hive's bee larvae. Beekeepers put skeps near orchards, gardens, and fields with plants needing pollination and harvested the excess honey and beeswax.
- Bee Skep - A bee skep provided shelter to domesticated honeybees. A skep consisted of coiled grain straw bound with wood splints. The small opening allowed bees to enter and make their honeycomb to store food to sustain the hive's bee larvae. Beekeepers put skeps near orchards, gardens, and fields with plants needing pollination and harvested the excess honey and beeswax.
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Bee Skep
A bee skep provided shelter to domesticated honeybees. A skep consisted of coiled grain straw bound with wood splints. The small opening allowed bees to enter and make their honeycomb to store food to sustain the hive's bee larvae. Beekeepers put skeps near orchards, gardens, and fields with plants needing pollination and harvested the excess honey and beeswax.
- Cup Plate, 1825-1860 - Americans in the early 19th century poured hot tea into their saucers to cool -- leaving the staining liquid around the teacup's base. Hostesses would provide guests with cup plates to prevent damage to tablecloths and wood. Pressed glass cup plates were popular from the 1820s to the 1860s. Pressed designs varied from purely decorative to images of famous men, places and events.
- 1825-1860
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Cup Plate, 1825-1860
Americans in the early 19th century poured hot tea into their saucers to cool -- leaving the staining liquid around the teacup's base. Hostesses would provide guests with cup plates to prevent damage to tablecloths and wood. Pressed glass cup plates were popular from the 1820s to the 1860s. Pressed designs varied from purely decorative to images of famous men, places and events.
- Elder Henry Clay Blinn with Beehives, Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875 - Henry C. Blinn joined the Canterbury, New Hampshire, Shaker Community in 1838. He served as an elder and as official historian for the Shaker community for most of the rest of his life. His writings included at least two articles in the <em>American Bee Journal</em> (April and September 1870). Elder Blinn learned by doing, as this stereograph of his work with bees in the Canterbury apiary indicates.
- circa 1875
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Elder Henry Clay Blinn with Beehives, Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire, circa 1875
Henry C. Blinn joined the Canterbury, New Hampshire, Shaker Community in 1838. He served as an elder and as official historian for the Shaker community for most of the rest of his life. His writings included at least two articles in the American Bee Journal (April and September 1870). Elder Blinn learned by doing, as this stereograph of his work with bees in the Canterbury apiary indicates.
- Bee Skep - A bee skep provided shelter to domesticated honeybees. A skep consisted of coiled grain straw bound with wood splints. The small opening allowed bees to enter and make their honeycomb to store food to sustain the hive's bee larvae. Beekeepers put skeps near orchards, gardens, and fields with plants needing pollination and harvested the excess honey and beeswax.
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Bee Skep
A bee skep provided shelter to domesticated honeybees. A skep consisted of coiled grain straw bound with wood splints. The small opening allowed bees to enter and make their honeycomb to store food to sustain the hive's bee larvae. Beekeepers put skeps near orchards, gardens, and fields with plants needing pollination and harvested the excess honey and beeswax.