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he succeeded in doing, followed to the door by a crowd, 

 who were amazed at the sight of the " 'oney-bees, " as 

 the Cockney lads called them. Cabby had to be com- 

 pensated for the loss of his fare, for the affrighted pas- 

 sengers had left him in a hurry, so that, altogether, no 

 little commotion was caused — a crowd so soon collects in 

 London streets. 



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 position of our 

 apiary was on the site now occupied by the new monkey 

 house. The visitors to the gardens found considerable 

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

 afterwards much disappointed at the absence of so enter- 

 taining an exhibition. The writer had the honour of 

 showing and explaining the working of these hives to 

 some of the juvenile members of our Royal Family who 

 had come to the gardens on one of their accustomed 

 early morning visits with their French governess. Their 

 conversation was in French ; and on entering the bee-room, 

 " Regardez les abeilles ! Voyez done la reine ! " was soon 

 on their lips. The young princesses took special care that 

 their brother Arthur, as they affectionately called him (now 

 known by the title of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught), 

 should observe the attention paid by the working bees to 

 their queen, as well as to other points of interest con- 

 nected with the busy scene before them, with which they 

 all expressed themselves much delighted. A collection 



