a table spoon of honey is dabbed on the vagina with a silk handkerchief. The jar containing the bees is then placed under the honeyed canal attracting the insects. I observed this “ritual” in the back room of a playhouse in Kensington. A young woman, who shall remain nameless as to conceal her good name, prepares to receive the four insects. Sharp stings yield cries of pain and eventually tears. The practice of “hiving” has been advertised as originating in the Orient as a way to receive pleasure whilest maintaining chastity. Advertisements in newspapers trumpet sayings like “intense ecstasy” and ”superior than verile males.” The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the craze calling it,”ungodly.” The Queen has made no official comment, but rumors circulate in taverns that midnight shipments of bee hives have entered Buckingham Palace