Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/142 - Longfellow's Bees/Historical Note

Historical Note on Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems $142$ - Longfellow's Bees
In the words of :
 * When was Professor of Modern Languages at  he was accustomed to amuse himself by giving more or less simple arithmetical puzzles to the students.
 * Here is an example:

and indeed so follows the puzzle posed here.