Pleaure and profit are unusually well-mixed for those who care to keep bees in an intelligent fashion. That their habits arc fascinating needs no Maeterlinck today to tell us; but some people are less convinced that they are profitable. Everything depends, of course, on whether the bees are wisely handled; and Mr. George W. Judge, as Instructor in Bee-keeping to the Kent County Council and Hon. General Secretary of the Kent Bee-keepers' Association, is exceptionally well qualified to give advice in this matter. This is the first of a series of three fortnightly talks and is called ' Bees and their Value as Food Producers.'