. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 14, 1905 THfc AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 647. -V (Eontributcb -f Special Clrticlcs =\ J Injury to Queens in the Mail BY C. P. DADANT MY attention has been called to an editorial on page 565. It has alwiivs been my opinion that valuable queens were often hurt in the mails, but the mail service is so prompt, and the cost of transportation by this method is so economical, that it is natural for both (jueen-breeders and bee-keepers to adopt this method of conveyance. But it was a long time after the mailing of queens was adopted that 1 could persuade myse
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 14, 1905 THfc AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 647. -V (Eontributcb -f Special Clrticlcs =\ J Injury to Queens in the Mail BY C. P. DADANT MY attention has been called to an editorial on page 565. It has alwiivs been my opinion that valuable queens were often hurt in the mails, but the mail service is so prompt, and the cost of transportation by this method is so economical, that it is natural for both (jueen-breeders and bee-keepers to adopt this method of conveyance. But it was a long time after the mailing of queens was adopted that 1 could persuade myself to use this method. The transporting of bees was not formerly as successful as it is now. and for years it was thought impossible to ship bees from Europe with safety. The queens sent from Italy were always sent by express, and, in most instances at first, were literally drowned in honey or water, by the mistaken solicitude of the shippers. In an article lately published in the American 15ee Jour- nal, I was made to say that we imported as many as 40 queens a year from Italy. It should have read 400 instead of 40. This was after the importation became successful through repeated trials. These queens were all sent in what would now be called "baby nuclei "—little boxes about 4x6 inches, contain- ing two combs, one with very ripe, white honey or sugar syrup, the other absolutely dry, so that the bees could have room on dry combs. Plenty of ventilation, old bees fresh from the fields or just departing for the fields, and no water. These were the successful conditions needed. We often found some of the little combs partly filled with eggs, probably layed during the first part of the journey, but which had failed to hatch because of the lack of sufficient warmth. These little " baby nuclei " were bunched in lots of 20 to 24, strengthened with a sheet of tin on the outside, a cushion on the underside of the package, and a handle at the top. These packages wer
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