Beehive Exhibit in Museum of History and Technology, June 8, 1966

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Summary

A Museum of History and Technology curator shows beehive exhibit to American Honey Queen 1966. In the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, a beehive has been enclosed in a glass case to show live working bees who have a passageway to allow the bees to go in and out.

Subject

  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

June 8, 1966

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Insects
  • Beehive
  • Personnel management
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Bees
  • Museum visitors
  • Museum curators
  • Museums--Employees
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Washington (D.C.)

ID Number

SIA2007-0127

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 X 10; Type of Image: Interior; Medium:

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