Robbing Bees - Swan Orphanage Industrial School for Protestant Boys, 1906

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Description: 'Robbing Bees - Swan Orphanage Industrial School for Protestant Boys, 1906' is an image included (after p.18) in the Report by the Superintendent of Public Charities and Inspector of Industrial and Reformatory Schools for the year ending 31 December 1906. This image shows four boys and an adult wearing beekeeper hoods standing next to two rows of beehives. The adult appears to be showing the boys how to use a bee smoker.
Date: 1907
Source: Department for Child Protection and Family Support, Superintendent of Public Charities and Inspector of Industrial and Reformatory Schools, Report 1906, after p.18
Rights: Department for Child Protection and Family Support
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