The inhabitants of Newbury perceived bee-keeping as a new and profitable industry, but needed someone with experience. John Eales, an elderly pauper who had been sent away to Ipswich, was returned by the Court to Newbury to assist them in their efforts. An old English customs was his assistants "telling the bees" when their keeper died.
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This Old House visits the Ipswich 1634 Meadery
Kevin O'Connor from This Old House drives to Ipswich and gets a lesson from Dan Clapp in making mead.
Historic Ipswich 