. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 394 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. June 18, 1903. tasted just a little better had there been no crowding ? I believe some persons, not having any self-interest to pre- judice them either way, call alfalfa honey the best. Page 309. Dr. Miller's Answers Send Questions either to the office ot the AmericiiQ Bee Journal, or to Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. Moving Bees a Long Distance. I have decided to move 150 colonies of bees some 500 miles. Will jou please advise me as to the best way to prepare them for shipment? They will go all the way by rail. Can they
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 394 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. June 18, 1903. tasted just a little better had there been no crowding ? I believe some persons, not having any self-interest to pre- judice them either way, call alfalfa honey the best. Page 309. Dr. Miller's Answers Send Questions either to the office ot the AmericiiQ Bee Journal, or to Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. Moving Bees a Long Distance. I have decided to move 150 colonies of bees some 500 miles. Will jou please advise me as to the best way to prepare them for shipment? They will go all the way by rail. Can they be moved all right now, or would I better wait until the weather gets some cooler? They will go In one car all the way. Alabama. Answer.—They may go all right now, having the car open enough for ventilation, and the hives sufticiently ventilated, but it will be safer to wait till cooler weather. If the frames are not of the fixed- distance kind, they must be fastened so they cannot move in the hive. The matter of ventilation is of the greatest importance, and just how to provide that depends somewhat on the Icind used. The entire top may be covered with wire-cloth, and if one hive is piled on another, strips must be fastened on the lower hive so the air can get between. The hives must be placed in the car so that the frames run parallel with the railroad track. Queens Going Tlirougli Excluder-Zinc. I had five very strong colonies of bees. I put two frames of brood with a queen in an S-frame hive with starters on six frames and queen- excluder on the bottom hive. I left the old hive on lop, and every queen went to the top, and they were large queens. Virginia. Answer.—For a time it was a somewhat unsettled matter as to the right size of perforations in excluder-zinc, and some was made with perforations too large. Possibly your excluder was faulty In that direction. The perforations should not be larger than one-sixth of an inch. Rlieumatism from Bee-Stings. lam just getting
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