. Cuba as a bee country. A guide to the prospective bee-keeper and those who wish information relative to the Island's resources . PREFATORY Numerous persons have written us, requesting us togive them information regarding bee-keeping in answer all of these by letter not only requires agreat deal of time, but as the space in a letter is verylimited, the answer is usually unsatisfactory. In com-piling this booklet we endeavor to go into detail in an-swering all questions that a person would wish to knowif he were studying the island resources with the in-tention of settling there and ta
. Cuba as a bee country. A guide to the prospective bee-keeper and those who wish information relative to the Island's resources . PREFATORY Numerous persons have written us, requesting us togive them information regarding bee-keeping in answer all of these by letter not only requires agreat deal of time, but as the space in a letter is verylimited, the answer is usually unsatisfactory. In com-piling this booklet we endeavor to go into detail in an-swering all questions that a person would wish to knowif he were studying the island resources with the in-tention of settling there and taking up bee-keeping. it is taken for granted that the reader has had ex-perience with bees and has a good knowledge of them.;In view of this we try to give the main points of dif-. r ference between Cuban bee-keeping and bee-keeping inthe States. Any question not covered by this pamphletwill be gladly answered by letter. We can not prom-ise to answer questions not pertaining to bee-keeping,for complete information of this sort can better be ob-tained from other sources. MOVING be:e:s Shall I move my bees to Cuba ? Before deciding wetrust you will give this question a most thorough ex-amination. Bees have been successfully moved there;but for one who has had little experience it is almostsure to be a series of endless troubles and moving of bees to the island requires spe-cial packing, quick transportation, minute knowledgeof the Cuban custom-house red tape, and the Spanishlanguage. We have known of a number of instancesof moving bees to the island which only resulted in los-ing nearly all of them. Bees in modern hives are now common, and can behad at a reasonable price. We can furnish, upon ap-plication, names of persons who can furnish you t
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