. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Octolisr, igo-- American ^ae -Journal line. A description of ihis country anil of the- moving of my apiary may Ik- nf some interest. January 8, 1908. I bought 129 colonies in double hives, together with extractor and supplies. We hauled them in big wagons six miles to a railroad where wc put them in a car, and tl;c road was none of the best, either. To fasten the I)ees we nailed the bottom and top on il;e hives, then nailed over the entrance a iiiece of wire screen. I found that 2 liieces were the best, cutting one strip longer than the other, and nai
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Octolisr, igo-- American ^ae -Journal line. A description of ihis country anil of the- moving of my apiary may Ik- nf some interest. January 8, 1908. I bought 129 colonies in double hives, together with extractor and supplies. We hauled them in big wagons six miles to a railroad where wc put them in a car, and tl;c road was none of the best, either. To fasten the I)ees we nailed the bottom and top on il;e hives, then nailed over the entrance a iiiece of wire screen. I found that 2 liieces were the best, cutting one strip longer than the other, and nailing it on tirsl. only leaving a small entrance, then a piece a little longer than the opening w;is easily nailed on. In a short time wc nailed all up except this opening the day before wc shipped them. Then in 1 he morning, early, we closed them all in. I shipped them 42 miles by railroad, then hauled them a short distance to wliere they now stand. They were nailed up 3 days and 2 nights, I liberating them late the third day. I never lost a single swarm, and but a few bees. 1 con- sider that was good luck. I would have been satisfied if I had lost 20 colonies, considering the journey. The weather was warm in the daytime. In fact, we have no cold weather here, some even using hives J^-inch thick, with no shel- ter in winter. We seldotn have over 2 inches of snow in a winter. This year was an exceptionally dry one. We had cold northwest wind all through April, May and June. In June and July it was very hot. From January until the middle of July we had no rain at all, it being the dryest season in 13 years. Since the middle of July wc have had our rainy season, which has brought out the flowers in abundance, and the bees have done well, since we , century plant or niuscal, cactus, and lots of different varieties of mountain plants tliat yield nectar. I have increased to 150 colonies: have had several swarms come to my yard from the mountains. There are plenty of liee
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