BEES IN A MUSEUM
Reading's nmseum has lately included a most unusual exhibit. It is a hive ;of bees; not a fossilised hive, or any- [ thing of that sort, but a hive very much alive and busy bringing honey to the combs through a museum window. For the past three years this swarm has invaded the roof of a cottage,, and the owner decided that this could not go on. A bee export was called in, and a largo slice of the cottage ceiling was removed, revealing the nest. Some of the combs were enormous and mostlyblack with age, and it was reckoned that there were about 60,000 mature and immature bees. A earefully-con-stnicted hive, consisting of a wooden case with two observation doors, was put up near a window in the museum, and part of tho comb with its occupants was placed inside. A wooden tube links tho hive with a hole in the window. Tims tho bees may com^ and go (jiiite I'rCL'ly, though all the 'time Uicv are :v museum exhibit.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1934, Page 4
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174BEES IN A MUSEUM Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1934, Page 4
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