. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 684 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAj. CONDUCTED BY MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY. BEEViLiiE, Texas. Hauling Bees in Warm Weather. We are learning more and more how to haul and transport bees during warm weather. We have found out that it is a piece of foolishness to fasten bees up in their hives while being hauled, and then we have no loss. The bees do not desert the combs and let their brood suffer, as when confined in close quar- ters, they will leave the brood-nest if they can, and the brood suffers more or less, and if they are confined to their combs, the old bees as
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 684 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAj. CONDUCTED BY MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY. BEEViLiiE, Texas. Hauling Bees in Warm Weather. We are learning more and more how to haul and transport bees during warm weather. We have found out that it is a piece of foolishness to fasten bees up in their hives while being hauled, and then we have no loss. The bees do not desert the combs and let their brood suffer, as when confined in close quar- ters, they will leave the brood-nest if they can, and the brood suffers more or less, and if they are confined to their combs, the old bees as well as brood suffers, and not infrequently smothers outright. It would astonish you as much as we were astonished to find so few bees stirring when left open in a bee-tight wagon. When they do not suffer from heat they remain quiet on their combs after the wagon starts. Willie came in from a 60-mile trip last week with a wagon-load of bees and no hives. The wagon is bee-tight, made so with wire-cloth. Two boxes are in the center of the wagon containing some honey, and naked swarms he picked up as he traveled, and turned loose into the bee-wagon. When he arrived home, we took the bees and measured about a gallon to a hive, and before we got through we found all the queens, and gave each gallon of bees a queen. But we had about five gallons left over, and these we formed into nuclei. Now, why were the queens not killed ? Because the bees could not fly, and were not caring. I would rather haul bees just turned loose in a good, tight wagon—three or four bushels of them—queens and all, than to try to confine them in their hives. It is not a success to confine powerful colonies heavy with brood in hot weather, but such can be transported as well in hot as in cold weather, if they are not confined. Now, if you will take my advice, and when you have bees to move in hot weather, give them freedom with the hive-covers off, you will not regret it, if you have a good, tight bee-wagon.
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