Gleanings in bee culture . GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. One of the first models of Malachowskis liive, Elita. that of a railway postal clerk. I have giventhis much thought ever since The A. I. RootCo. shipped the two carloads of bees fromFlorida last spring. Excellent time forfreight service was made; but had therebeen a method for shipping by parcel postthe expense would have been cut tremen-dously, and the time on the road materiallylessened. I have always been in favor ofthe i^arcel-post system, and am more sosince its inception; but having seen so muchof the practical side of shipping package
Gleanings in bee culture . GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. One of the first models of Malachowskis liive, Elita. that of a railway postal clerk. I have giventhis much thought ever since The A. I. RootCo. shipped the two carloads of bees fromFlorida last spring. Excellent time forfreight service was made; but had therebeen a method for shipping by parcel postthe expense would have been cut tremen-dously, and the time on the road materiallylessened. I have always been in favor ofthe i^arcel-post system, and am more sosince its inception; but having seen so muchof the practical side of shipping packagesof all descriptions by mail, it must be ad-mitted that we beekeepers, with our pres-ent ec|uipment, are far from being prepar-ed to reap any advantages in this line fromparcel post. Before any attempt is made to shi]) anucleus or even a half-pound or a one-pound package of bees by mail, provisionshould be made for a receptacle to combinefour qualities. First, strength; second,ventilation; third, protection to the bees;fourth, protection to those w
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