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could be very distinctly seen. Both these colonies were brought 

 from Mr. A. Neighbour's apiary, near London. The bees 

 obtained egress and ingress by means of a covered way nearly 

 three feet long, which appeared but little to inconvenience them, 

 whilst, being covered with glass, it added not a little to the 

 interest with which they were observed. In the wall of the shed 

 were small apertures, with alighting-boards fixed on the outside, 

 and although the public passed in crowds before these unpro- 

 tected entrances, no one was stung, nor were the ,bees themselves 

 interfered with or molested — a warning notice appended to the 

 outside being universally attended to, and a respectful distance 

 maintained. 



Amongst Messrs. Neighbour's collection were the Woodbury 

 Straw Bar-and-Frame, Neighbour's Improved Cottage, the 

 Ladies' ObseiTatory, Cottager's, and many low-priced straw 

 hives on the improved system. The impressed wax sheets, with 

 specimens of combs partially worked therefrom, were interesting 

 and curious. The bottle-feeder, bee-dresses, india-rubber gloves, 

 and other apiarian appliances also received, and were worthy of, 

 much attention. 



By way of illustrating the fruits of the honey-harvest of the 

 present year, Messrs. Neighbour had a square super of fine white 

 honeycomb from the apiary of our esteemed correspondent, 

 Mr. Woodbury, and an octagon glass super from our valued 

 contributor, Mr. S. Bevan Fox, both of which admirable speci- 

 mens were most highly commended. 



