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of bars and frames. We have sent a great number ot 

 stocks to all parts by rail. 



Mr. Woodbury, owing to his knowledge and skill in 

 bee-keeping, was eminently successful in propagating 

 the Ligurian bees first imported into this country ; and 

 we would recommend all who may be interested in the 

 subject to peruse the interesting articles written by him 

 in the Journal of Horticulture. He has shown great 

 patience and energy by his labours in the rearing of 

 queens and the multiplication of stocks, for which he 

 merits all praise. 



We now add to the testimonies already cited that of 

 Mr. Woodbury, as"^to the superior qualities of Ligurian 

 bees. The following is extracted from the paper contri- 

 buted by him to the Bath and West of England Agricul- 

 tural Journal: — "From my strongest Ligurian stock I 

 took eight artificial swarms in the spring, besides de- 

 priving it of numerous brood-combs. Finding, in June, 

 that the bees were collecting honey So fast that the 

 queen could not find an empty cell in which to lay an 

 Bgg, I was reluctantly compelled to put on a super. 

 When this had^ been filled with 38 lbs. of the finest 

 honeycomb,* I removed it, and as the stock-hive (a very 

 large one) could not^^contain the multitude of bees which 

 issued from it, I formed them into another very large 



* This super lyas exhibited at our stand in the International 

 Exhibition of 1862. 



