Keywords: Bees
Item 135820
"Plants visited by Bees," Weld, 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Weld Media: Pencil and watercolor on paper
Item 33924
Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1834 Location: Blue Hill Media: Woodcut print on paper
Exhibit
CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections
Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.
Exhibit
In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age
"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits
"Hives of bees were part of every farm, pollinating crops for higher yield as well as providing honey and wax."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture
"There was “almost no honey in Maine.” The apple crop was largely affected by the lack of bees. Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca."
Story
Saturday Evening Dances at the Westport Town Hall
by Deborah G. Greenleaf
Fond Memories of Westport Island
