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| Picture No | 10731830 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Description | Bee keeping as an industry for wounded soldiers |
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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 top photograph shows soldiers in uniform being trained in how to fumigate the bees. The latter shows men examining the honeycombs.
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| Source | Photographs by Central News in 'The Illustrated War News', 5 July 1916, part 4, page 24 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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