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BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS, 



Presiiient of the British Bee-keepers* Association. 



\VIIOSE NAME IS A HOUSEHOLD WOKD THROUGHOUT THE LAND 



IN CONNECTION WITH ALL GOOD WORKS; 



AND WHO, WHILE DEVOTING HER WEALTH AND ENERGIES, 



WITH THE MOST UNBOUNDED CHARITY, IN THE WIDEST FIELDS OF 



BENEVOLENCE, — 



IS YET ALWAYS READY TO JOIN HEARTILY IN EVEN. THE 



HUMBLEST EFFORTS DIRECTED TO THE BENEFIT AND ADVANCEMENT 



OF THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES : 



AND, 



WITH THIS END IN VIEW, HAS EVER SHEWN 



THE WARMEST SYJIPATHY WITH THOSE WHO SEEK TO PROMOTE 



THE JIORE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF BEES, 



AND 



THE PRACTICE OF INTELLIGENT BEE-KEEPING. 



