Beekeeping | ClipArt ETC

The Beekeeping ClipArt gallery offers 23 illustrations of beehives and tools of the beekeeping or apiculture trade.

Bee Smoker

Bee smokers are used as protection for the bee keepers. Smoke is used to calm agitated bees.

Beehive

A specific container used to keep bees. People use these containers to collect the bees honey.

Beehive

"Simple form of the Bee-hive, With cap removed to show glass top." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Beehive in Leaves

"Represents a hive constructed with leaves, which open like a book; it was invented by a naturalist…

Polish Hive

Early style of hive used frequently in Poland to house bees.

Swiss Hive

Early style of hive used in Switzerland to house bees.

Bellows Used to Stupefy Bees

"In order to take the honey successfully from the hives, it is usually the custom to stupefy the bees…

Cowan's Extractor

"Cowan's rapid Extractor." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Cowan's Extractor

"Cowan's four-frame Extractor; interior." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Hive

A box or chest, for the reception of a swarm of honey-bees.

Wooden Box for Holding Comb Honey

A 1 pound section wooden box for holding comb honey.

$"Hruschka's extractor, first brough to public notice in 1865, may be said to have revolutionized the bee-industry as a business. It enabled the honey producer to increase his output considerably by extracting honey from the cells in most cleanly fashion without damaging the combs, and in a fraction of the time previously occupied in the draining." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910$