Gleanings in bee culture . en cattle car 1400 miles is no has to secure his dinner on the run,grabbing up a sandwich or ]iie betweenstojs. When the car was changed fromone division to another I had to beg andalmost threaten the conductor and his crewto get them to take my carload of preciousfreight in the next train that pulled would tell me that the car couldwait till the next day—that they were toobusy, etc. I told one conductor he had totake the bees or there would be trouble. .^1 ;f A-*—j i ^^^^v^B^vHHh ^ /^2i ilte». ^ k __/^^ i^i^Q *^. - --J 1 m - ^^r^^^^^S*wi ^^ tflflsi
Gleanings in bee culture . en cattle car 1400 miles is no has to secure his dinner on the run,grabbing up a sandwich or ]iie betweenstojs. When the car was changed fromone division to another I had to beg andalmost threaten the conductor and his crewto get them to take my carload of preciousfreight in the next train that pulled would tell me that the car couldwait till the next day—that they were toobusy, etc. I told one conductor he had totake the bees or there would be trouble. .^1 ;f A-*—j i ^^^^v^B^vHHh ^ /^2i ilte». ^ k __/^^ i^i^Q *^. - --J 1 m - ^^r^^^^^S*wi ^^ tflflsi ^ggjfm I I , &*» A _ JisM^^^r^^^l HMP VJ^i^H^i Piu. 3.—Tliree-frame nucleus shipping boxes filled with bees The screen tops (with tlie convenientcross-rail for u handle) are secured lo the nucleus box proper wth two screws at each end. Such boxesare very handy for moving bees, either for shipping or carrying from one part of the yard to the are al^o very handy for carrying combs. JUNE 15, 1912. Fici. 4.—AVasronload of 91 luiclei e>i route to the Basswood yard. A low-wheel wide-tired wagon right for loading and unloading, and for carrying bees from one yard to the other. The wide tiresmake it possible to get over soft sod when the ground is wet. We use this wagon with the team. We alsohave a light spring wagon and a horse for small loads. While railroad men are used to handlingperishable freight, they seem to think beescan lie over aAvhile and cool off, and thatit would be better for them. In spite of the extremely hot weather, inspite of the cool nights, and in spite of thesnow, rain, and hail, the bees came throughin splendid order. Not a particle of broodwas destroyed, and, so far as we can dis-cover, all the unsealed brood was left in-tact. More remaikable still, the queenskept on laying in spite of the bumjis andjolts and the changes in temperature. Whenthe bees Avere unloaded at Medina we foundyoung brood in all stages, and eggs, whil
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