Exercise:

There are many photographs showing Liberian beekeepers holding curved comb from a top-bar hive, not the oblong combs of
the frame hives generally used in the UK. Top-bar hives, which are traditional in Africa, allow bees to ____________ together
their comb in the shape they wish. It also enables them to structure their nest in accordance ____________ their natural
instincts. These hives are usually looked ____________ without constant intrusive inspections, chemical interventions and
sugar feeding. British beekeepers, a significant minority ____________ whom have adopted these methods, find the system
has value. They claim to keep bees in ____________ condition than conventional systems. Their experience is borne
____________ by the work of Cornell University s eminent Professor Thomas Seeley, among other scientists. Unfortunately
the British Beekeepers Association frowns ____________ their pioneering spirit. Furthermore, since they control most funding
for training new beekeepers, they remain as little ____________ to the general public as organic growers were a few decades
ago.

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