Gleanings in bee culture . g we pulledout on the express, and were soon in theyards at Smiths Falls. I promptly lookedup the yardmaster, and he at once consent-ed to place my cars on a switch where theywould not be touched till ready to trains left before noon; but as theywere both to do some shunting along theway he advised me to wait for the fastfi eight that left at 1 oclock. His advice])roved good, as we passed the other freightsbefore getting to the next divisional run at7 that night. The cars were next to theengine—a very important item, as there thebees get handled inucli easi
Gleanings in bee culture . g we pulledout on the express, and were soon in theyards at Smiths Falls. I promptly lookedup the yardmaster, and he at once consent-ed to place my cars on a switch where theywould not be touched till ready to trains left before noon; but as theywere both to do some shunting along theway he advised me to wait for the fastfi eight that left at 1 oclock. His advice])roved good, as we passed the other freightsbefore getting to the next divisional run at7 that night. The cars were next to theengine—a very important item, as there thebees get handled inucli easier than back atthe end of trains of 18 or 20 hundred ton-i:age, as all trains aie on that line. We pulled in at the first divisional pointat 7, and the engineer insisted on placingthose cars himself, and not allowing theyard engines to touch them. Forty milesfiom that line we had to leave the mainline and go over 100 miles on a new linecompleted only last fall, and I learned thatno train went up that branch line till one. Fig. 1.—A load of supers filled with combs on the way to the depot. left our station at G the next morning. Thenight was cool; and as the bees were quietwe went with the agent at that place for thenight, arranging for a call in the agent formerly lived near us, and itwas another pleasant surprise to find himthere and (o have him help us. At 5 thenext morning a messenger came to the houseand asked if the man with the bees wasthere, and we were told that the train wouldbe ready about 6 :30. After another pleasant trip that day wearrived at our destination at 7 that eveningin a pouring rain, so the bees were not un-loaded till the next day. The morning wascool and cloudy, so from start to finish wehad nothing but the best of luck in everyway. The engineers on both long runs weresplendid fellows; and although I was morethan willing to make it worth their whileto handle tlie cars gently, they did not lookfor it like some who are always watchingfor t
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