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Show H II. . lor H There are few peoplo In the heart of R Iindon who keep bcea, but the lladen. 1 1'owella etand abaolutely alone In liar. j lng an apiary In their drawing room. H lladenrowell, It will ba remembered, H baa dlatlngulahed hlmaelf In many H waya In tha promt South African H war. In tho Iladen-rowella' drawing- j room, surrounded by coatty worka of H art and prlrelcaa brlca-brac, atandlng H on ornamental alabaitcr pedeatala H cloie to a grrat organ which takea up H alt one wall of a totty room overlook. H lng Hyde lark, are two large atraw H beeblvea, with glaia wlndowa that at. H low the beta to bo atcn at work within. H Of couraa the bee do not fly about H the room, but they eacapo Into tho H oualda world through a pipe leading M out of a window. 1 heae beea are truly H wonderful Inaecla-the artatorracy of H their kind, and they are made to do H much work which bee, uncontrolled H by auch an Ingenloua mind aa that of H Col llailrn-Powell, have never dream H rd of. Wooden veaaela of varloua ob jecta, auch at a bicycle, for Inatanre, H ore plaetd In their Mr, and tho beea H build their honeycomb upon them In H tho rxact shape rvqulrod. At tho pra H cnt tlran they are buay building a wax JH model of the rolonel'a bombproof IH (juanara at Mafeklng. |