BEE-KEMPING IN LONDON. ?2i 



away. A swarm of bees is rarely, if ever, seen in the streets of 

 London, but it is not an uncommon occurrence for a swarm to 

 stray considerable distances." 



The reporter was, of course, unaware that, instead of 

 the bees having- "strayed" so far as he represented, 

 they were brought into London by rail, and had made 

 but a short fiig-ht from their temporary home.. 



During several years we kept bees in the Zoological 

 Gardens, Regent's Park, and have there frequently 

 taken full and handsome glasses of honey., , The posi- 

 tion of our apiaty was on the site now occupied by the 

 new monkey house. The Society promise to erect a 

 new building for an apiary in the course of the ensuing 

 summer. The visitors to the gardens found considerable, 

 interest in watching the bees in our glass hives,, and are 

 now much disappointed at the absence of so entertaining^ 

 an exhibition. A collection of these hives are now 

 exhibited by the Acclimatisation Society of Great 

 Britain, with living bees in them, at the Fish Depart- 

 ment of the Royal Horticultural Gardens, South Ken- 

 sington. 



A gentleman residing in St. James's Place has, for 

 some considerable time past, kept bees in his. garden, 

 there. He uses our improved cottage-hives, and his, 

 bee-keeping is decidedly successful,, as he generally takes, 

 some fine glasses, of honey each season, besides, leaving 

 sufficient as winter store for the bees. For a London 

 situation, St. James's Place is a very favourable one ; 



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