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Plastic Beehives

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
24 January 1970
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
1991107611497
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Scope and Content
Photographs of eight foot by six foot structure built to accommodate 36,000 honey bees, a new standard design used in the testing of polystyrene beehives by Dr. G. A. Hobbs of the Lethbridge Research Station. The designs on the hive were experimental and had proven to a degree that bees prefer cert…
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
24 January 1970
Description Level
Item
Creator
The Lethbridge Herald
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Physical Condition
Excellent
Scope and Content
Photographs of eight foot by six foot structure built to accommodate 36,000 honey bees, a new standard design used in the testing of polystyrene beehives by Dr. G. A. Hobbs of the Lethbridge Research Station. The designs on the hive were experimental and had proven to a degree that bees prefer certain groups or patterns when choosing a home. The tray holders on the roof of the structure were for the incubation drawers from which the bees emerged at the beginning of the growing season.
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