Hives Collection

Beekeeping / Diderot
Various procedures of apiculture

Roman Beekeeping / Virgil
A Roman beekeeper tends his bees

Bee Hives Near Welwyn
A cyclist stops to admire the many rows of bee hives situated here along the Great North Road near Welwyn in Hertfordshire, England

Advertisement for poultry farm, Mickleover, Derby
Advertisement for CR Salt, Chestnuts Poultry Farm, Mickleover, Derby, offering eggs for hatching, day old chicks, three month old pullets, stock birds, ducklings, ducks, poultry houses

Bee hives, Mandeville, Jamaica Date: early 1900s

Bee Keeper Victorian period

Putting bee-hives into mourning 1856
Telling the bees, traditional European custom in which bees would be told of an important event in the beekeepers life, such as long journeys, births, marriages and deaths

Design for a Bee House. 1857

Repeating Pattern - Beehives. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Harold Roxbee Cox FRAeS (1902-1997) - RAeS President
From left: Harold Roxbee Cox, FRAeS, 1902-1997, RAeS President 1947-1949; Capt J.L. Pritchard, RAeS Secretary 1926-1951 and E.W. Hives. Date: 1902

Roy Chadwick - Director
From left: Roy Chadwick, director and chief designer, A.V. Roe; E.W. Hives, md, Rolls-Royce and C.E. Fielding, director in charge of production, A.V

Sir Henry Royce and others
Under the mulberry tree. From left: Sir Henry Royce, C.L. Jenner and E.W Hives

Beekeeping
Hans Hermigk, About Beekeeping, Denmark. 1649. Date: 1649

Plentiful crop of Babies - Utah, United States
A plentiful crop of Babies from Utah, United States. Date: 1906

Cottagers Hives
A cottager tends his hives, while his children keep a safe distance... Date: 1881

Diderot Hives
Various hives and other apicultural appliances Date: circa 1760

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. WXYZ
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with W and X, inexplicably, for bees, honey and hives (?), Y for yacht (thats better, back on familiar territory) and Z for the good old zebra

Bees swarming in a walled garden
Bees leave their hive and form a large swarm on the branch of a tree. Two agricultural types look on in amazement

The Bear and the Bees
THE BEAR AND THE BEES The bear is stung by a bee and in retaliation overturns the hive whereupon hundreds of bees attack and sting him

Hives at Gt Exhibition
Neighbours Cottage, Observatory and other hives displayed at the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace

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