Mary Bumby by Anne Middleditch History we are going to examine

we are going to examine the whole relationship between honey bees and this part of their diet that they work so hard to find

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Mary Bumby by Anne Middleditch History we are going to examineThis is the remarkable story of Mary Bumby who was the first person to take honeybees to New Zealand. When, in 1838, her brother, John, was appointed as superintendent missionary at the Mangungu Mission House in New Zealand she decided to accompany him to look after him and act as his housekeeper. Because John liked honey Mary took with her two skeps of bees on the five month long voyage, arriving in New Zealand in March 1839. Both Mary and John were