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"ref": "1917, The Spectator - Issues 4645-4670, page 85",
"text": "Making hives would be a good occupation for many of our convalescent wounded men, and if every cottager wore presented with a hive of bees (surely some of the War Funds could start them, or a special Honey Fund be raised) it would be a great help to those who pine for sugar, especially for children and workers.",
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"ref": "1984, Mary Beatrice Boyd, City of the Plains: A History of Hastings, page 308",
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"ref": "2011 August 26, Marianne Rohrlich, “The Moneymooners: Registering for Cash, Not Dishes”, in New York Times",
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"ref": "2015 June 4, Keith McLeod, “Sandi Thom and husband-to-be Matt Benson ask friends to help fund honeymoon to Hawaii”, in Scottish Daily Record",
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