. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Few bees had died after three weeks confine ment. perature of the box through their conversion of the nectar and brought on a speedy death. Two have been made to England and two to Califor- nia. All four of these have been either total failures or practically so. So far as I know, every other ship- tiient has gone through in excellent shape, and in most cases the recipi- ents have written me expressing their pleasure over the fine condition of the bees upon arrival. My experience tells me that this case can be relied upon to produce uniformly excellen
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Few bees had died after three weeks confine ment. perature of the box through their conversion of the nectar and brought on a speedy death. Two have been made to England and two to Califor- nia. All four of these have been either total failures or practically so. So far as I know, every other ship- tiient has gone through in excellent shape, and in most cases the recipi- ents have written me expressing their pleasure over the fine condition of the bees upon arrival. My experience tells me that this case can be relied upon to produce uniformly excellent results just so long as no effort is made to get it to do the impossible and so long as one uses care to see that the case is properly prepared. The things to avoid are shipments that iwill con- sume over five days, food that is very moist or very dry, and bees that are overloaded with thin nectar. My method of stocking these cases is as follows : The cover is removed and the case inverted. Blocks are in- serted between the blinds and the case to prevent bees from gettingin between the two bottoms, from which they might issue on the trip and thus queer the business of shipping bees by post. The case is now weighed and its weight marked on the bottom. Next the case is set on a wide, thin board or even on the ground. The bees are next shaken down beside the case, care being used to see that the queen is started into the case, which is raised at one side on a small block of wood or a small stone. After a lit- tle experience one knows how many frames to shake. While the bees are going in, another case is started, and then the first case is again weighed and a few more bees allowed to enter, a few brushed out. I gen- erally allow 18 ounces weight, for the package will shrink about two ounces within twenty-four hours. This meth- od is much better than dumping bees into the case through a tunnel, for most of the old bees fly back to the hive and only young bees, for the most part, r
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