Bee keeping as an industry for wounded soldiers

Page from the Illustrated War News, illustrating how bee keeping was a suitable new means of livelihood for disabled and maimed soldiers of the First World War. The scheme was instigated by Lord Eglington who set up a training school at Borland House, Kilmarnock. The picture shows men learning how to add a new section to a hive while wearing protective masks of gauze netting

Bees Borland Comb Combs Disabled Eglington Gauze Hive Hives Honey Keeping Kilmarnock Maimed Masks Netting Rehabilitation Scheme

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