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MONEY ITSr BEES IN" AUSTRALASIA 



by the author and afterwards successfully exhibited at 

 many shows, where it always drew a crowd of the 

 curiously inclined. 



Frames of comb-honey — also exhibition frames of 

 foundation — treated to a border of white lace-paper look 

 very showy. The section boxes, enclosed in a neat carton 

 tied with ribbon also help to give a "complete" appear- 



ance to an exhibit. The bottled honey should be finished 

 with a square of tinfoil over the cork. Latterly many 

 apiarists have been giving free demonstrations of hive 

 manipulation with a colony of bees inside a large wire 

 cloth cage. 



LECTURES, ETC. 



At the request of various societies the author has 

 attended and given lectures at Agricultural Shows, 

 handling bees and extracting honey. Needless to say 

 the bees always attract a large crowd, and demonstrations 

 of this class materially increase the number of honey 



