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XIVING BEES AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI- 

 TION OF 1862, SENDING BEES TO AUSTRALIA, &c. 



The engfraving represents our stand in the Agricul- 

 tural Department of the International Exhibition of 1862. 

 The space gfrantedus in the World's Great Fair was some- 

 what limited ; but we were able to exhibit a tolerably 

 cepiplete stock of apiarian apparatus^ and all the more 

 important bee-hives. Amongst these was an uriicomb 

 hive stocked with the Yellow Alpine or " Ligurian " bee. 

 This was an object of great attention, and daily hundreds 

 of visitors flocked round our stand, in order to watch the 

 movements of the Italian queen, with ,her gay and busy 

 subjects. The entrance-way for the bees being in the 

 "Open Court," to which all visitors had access, it was 

 necessary to place the hive in an elevated position, so 

 as for it to be beyond the reach of incautious passers-by, 

 and to obviate any chance of annoyance to the vast 

 crowds of people continually around. 



Among others who took a deep interest in our exhi- 

 bitioit was Mr. Edward Wilson, President of the Accli- 

 matisation Society of Victoria. This gentleman re- 

 quested us to pack four stocks of the Ligurian bees for 

 conveyance to Melbourne. With the assistance of 

 Mr. Woodbury — whose aid was, indeed, essential — ^^these 

 stocks were sent off on the 25th of September, 1862, by 

 the steam ship Alhambra, so as to arrive at the colony 

 during the Austral summer. The hives were Woodbury 



