. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 300 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAj. CONDUCTED BY MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, Beeville, Texas. Much Interested—Cruelty to Animals. Mrs. Atchley :—My husband wishes me to say to you that "he is very much interested in your department, which, by the way, I enjoy myself. He also wishes to know if you are going to keep that man standing there all the time spraying that swarm of bees ? Does he not get tired ? And is not the swarm rather patient to remain and take such a "ducking " all the while ? Thank you for the long Texas moss. Mrs. Edw. Smith. Carpenter,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 300 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAj. CONDUCTED BY MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, Beeville, Texas. Much Interested—Cruelty to Animals. Mrs. Atchley :—My husband wishes me to say to you that "he is very much interested in your department, which, by the way, I enjoy myself. He also wishes to know if you are going to keep that man standing there all the time spraying that swarm of bees ? Does he not get tired ? And is not the swarm rather patient to remain and take such a "ducking " all the while ? Thank you for the long Texas moss. Mrs. Edw. Smith. Carpenter, Ills. Dear Mrs. Smith, I am very glad in- deed to know that you and your husband are interested in ray department. I know that it falls far short of what it should be, as I am too busy to give it the thought I ought to, but I shall try to devote more time and attention to it soon, and try to make " In Sunny South- land" more and more interesting. Thanks for kind words. I shall accuse Bro. York of using "cruelty to animals" in punishing both the man and bees in the heading of my department. Jennie Atchley. Preparing Bees for Shipment. Mrs. Atchley :—I wish to know how to prepare bees in chaff hives to ship by railroad with household goods and stock from Nebraska to Texas. Would they not smother unless the brood-nests were raised up to allow ventilation ? Pawnee City, Nebr. C. H. Hare. Friend H., I must confess that I never saw a chaff hive—I have only seen them pictured and talked about. But if you move before warm weather, say March 15th to April 1st, your bees will move all right by just closing the entrances with wire-cloth. If the weather is warm, you would better take the covers off, and use wire-cloth on the top, and it is best to leave an open space above the frames; or if the bees are strong and heavy with brood, take out every alter- nate frame and place empty ones be- tween, placing the brood you draw out in an upper story with empty frames
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