. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1918 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 87 bay we located and stocked already with nuclei four new apiaries on land owned by Dr. Maldonado. At the north side of the bay we bought four small pieces of land from five to ten acres each, to which I am bringing nuclei as soon as I have them ready. We also located places on the river as far as we can go up in a motor- boat. A railroad runs 31 miles from Sanchez to the interior, and the doctor secured places on it also for apiaries. This is about all in the vicinity of Sanchez. On the north coast the doctor owns considera
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1918 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 87 bay we located and stocked already with nuclei four new apiaries on land owned by Dr. Maldonado. At the north side of the bay we bought four small pieces of land from five to ten acres each, to which I am bringing nuclei as soon as I have them ready. We also located places on the river as far as we can go up in a motor- boat. A railroad runs 31 miles from Sanchez to the interior, and the doctor secured places on it also for apiaries. This is about all in the vicinity of Sanchez. On the north coast the doctor owns considerable land. I went there once over the mountains and came through the towns or villages of Matanzas and Cubreras. On the way we crossed three good-sized rivers (one over a hundred yards wide) in log canoes, the animals swimming behind. In this locality we have 30 colonies in logs and have the hands instructed to buy as many more as they can get hold of. As soon as I have time I will go there, take two breeding queens along in two-frame nuclei, transfer these bees, brood and good comb, to 10-frame supers and start apiaries there as I am doing here now. The native bees are the worst to handle I have ever met with, but very fine cell builders. Five days ago I received from a friend in Porto Rico 13 queens of my stock in two- frame nuclei. The honey here, which I have examined, is lighter in color than the Porto Rican honey and of very good flavor. The coun- try I have seen is thickly wooded or virgin forest and only here and there small patches in fruit and cacao, and very thickly populated. The people are good-natured and peaceful, but do not like to work, and this is one of my main difficulties. Nature pro- duces most anything they need, so it is necessary to pet and coax them, if you want any help. With the rich and cheap land the island has, it is ,my opinion that as soon as settled times return the small 5 to 10-acre farmer will invade this island from the north, start farming
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