Busy bee tractor

Patsdeere · Apr 8, 2013

A friend was talking about a Busy Bee tractor he had seen. I have never heard of such a thing and was wondering if anybody had one that they could talk about (or show pics

).

Thanks.

SweetFeet · Apr 8, 2013

I googled "busy bee tractor images" and came up with a photo at this link. Do not know if it is accurate or if the people just gave this old steam tractor a nickname of Busy Bee.

Another good place to look might be the Wisconsin Historical Society photo archives. They have a lot of neat stuff to look at.
1924 Burrell & Sons 5 ton steam tractor Busy Bee

SweetFeet · Apr 8, 2013

Here is a link to a better quality photo on Flickr photos.
better photo of a Busy Bee steam tractor

rustyplow · Apr 8, 2013

Was'nt the busy bee a little farmall B or a C with loader on backwards? Company somewhere did that and called it a Busybee, I think.

rustyplow · Apr 8, 2013

OK, did a little research. The tractor I was remembering was called a Honey Bee. Farmall 140 turned around with a loader mounted. Search the tractor photos. There are several pics of one.

Busy bee tractor

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