Thomas White Woodbury, 1818–71

  Journalist and beekeeper . From 1850 devoted himself exclusively to beekeeping. Introduced Ligurian bees to Britain in 1859 and developed the “Woodbury hive”, marketed by the London apiarian specialists George Neighbour & Sons. As “A Devonshire Beekeeper”, a regular contributor to the Cottage Gardener, Journal of Horticulture, Gardeners’ Chronicle, and The Times.

Sources: Brown, R. H. 1975 Brown, Ron 1994 Dodd, Victor 1983 Fraser, H. M. 1958 Neighbour, Alfred 1865

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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 10,11 [old cumbib entry follows, superseded by above from Vol. 11:] Woodbury, Thomas White (1818–71). Beekeeper and journalist. Resided at 17 Lower Mount Radford Terrace, Exeter, Devon. Son of W. H. Woodbury (Modern English biography), a linguist and part-proprietor of the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. Took an active part in the management of his father’s newspaper, before retiring to live on private means. After 1850, devoted himself to the study of bees, and developed the “Woodbury hive”, incorporating a movable frame around the bee space; a contributor to the bee-keeping section of the Journal of Horticulture, 1859–71.