. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 13, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 585. On the Road in a .'^lUiciii Lii>ni--\J-1 uin llw A'l'view.) The time for the journey having been selected, the top screens are put on and all the hive-fastening done by ilaylight except put- ting on the entrance screens. These screens are fastened to a lath with two small nails. These nails are partly driven into the lath, and the entrance screens are distributed before evening, that they may be put on quickly when the bees quit flying. When the top screens are put on, the cover is laid over them, and the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 13, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 585. On the Road in a .'^lUiciii Lii>ni--\J-1 uin llw A'l'view.) The time for the journey having been selected, the top screens are put on and all the hive-fastening done by ilaylight except put- ting on the entrance screens. These screens are fastened to a lath with two small nails. These nails are partly driven into the lath, and the entrance screens are distributed before evening, that they may be put on quickly when the bees quit flying. When the top screens are put on, the cover is laid over them, and the shade- board put in place to prevent, if possible, the bees clustering out. It is quite a task to smoke in the bees of .50 colonies, and put on entrance screens during a hot July evening. It the bees are in the hives, as they should be, one person, with an assistant to load, can easily close the entrances and take to the wagon 50 colonies after the bees quit flying, and before dark. It a hive should leak, the hole is plugged, and no attention paid to the bees that are outside, unless they are in the driver's way. Bits of comb, not too old, make excellent plugs for leaky hives. It is well to prepare one or two extra colonies, to be substituted for any that might leak badly. I have moved on springs and on straw. Springs are preferable, being handier and lighter. When straw is used, it is well to use a false rack on top of the straw. This is made of light pieces the length of the hay-rack, spaced at such distances that the cleats of the bottom-boards will just catch over their edges. This false rack is simply laid upon the straw, and wired to the end sticks of the hay-rack. It holds the hives in place, and requires much less straw, as no individual hive can settle down into the straw. When bolster springs are used, the hay-rack is easily trans- formed into a bee-rack by nailing on extra boards lengthwise, spaced so as to hold the hives in place by the cleats on the bottom- boards.
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