. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Gommunieattoru to the bailor to be addretned ' Stbanoewatr Pbintijjo Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 388. Vol. XVII.] OCTOBER 24, 1889. [Published Weekly.] tfftitorial, Hottccs. REV. H. BLH1H. It was while at Nettlebed that Mr. Bligh first became a bee-keeper in 1870, and commenced by following the instructions of the late Mr. Pagden, but soon became a firm disciple of Mr. Abbott, and in 1874 attended the first original small gathering of seven bee-keepers from which the British Bee-keepers' Association dates its existenc
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Gommunieattoru to the bailor to be addretned ' Stbanoewatr Pbintijjo Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 388. Vol. XVII.] OCTOBER 24, 1889. [Published Weekly.] tfftitorial, Hottccs. REV. H. BLH1H. It was while at Nettlebed that Mr. Bligh first became a bee-keeper in 1870, and commenced by following the instructions of the late Mr. Pagden, but soon became a firm disciple of Mr. Abbott, and in 1874 attended the first original small gathering of seven bee-keepers from which the British Bee-keepers' Association dates its existence. In this year he was appointed by the Bishop of Oxford to the important living of Abingdon, with a population of 7000. Mr. Bligh took an active interest in bee-keeping, and served on the Committee until 187t>, when his health again broke down, and he spent three years abroad for the benefit of his and Mrs. Bligh's health. He was a frequent contributor to the columns of the , and in 1876 he showed a beautiful collec- tion of honey in supers, sections, and extracted. The greater part of the exhibit was in glass-sided supers, with grooved wooden corners, the inven- tion of Mr. Abbott. There was no class open for these, but the merit of the ex- hibit was recognised by the Committee afterwards awarding Mr. Bligh a silver medal for it. In 1879 Mr. Bligh so far regained his health that, in company with two friends and one guide only, he ac- complished the ascent of Mont Blanc. Since 1881 he has been Vicar of Hampton Hill, and in that year he lost his wife. He was also elected on the Committee of the , of which he has been a member ever since, and has occupied the posi- tion of Vice-Chairman for the last three years. In 1883 he married again, Annie, daughter of the late Colonel G. Butler. Mrs. Bligh is an enthusiast in bee-keeping, and frequently attends the quarterly conversaziones. Mr. Bligh was the origi- nator of the Economic Apiaries Competition, known as the '
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