. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1919 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 415 the writer is convinced that, desira- ble as is the large floor space shown in this portable extracting house, more desirable still is the ability to drive right into a yard and get 10 work in the minimum of time, which cannot be done with a room, any part of which must be unfolded or set up on arrival, and taken down or folded when ready to move to another yard. The best size for a portable, consid- ering all these points, is 8, 9, or pos- sibly 10 feed wide, by 16 feet long. The writer has seen one portable 10 feet wide
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1919 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 415 the writer is convinced that, desira- ble as is the large floor space shown in this portable extracting house, more desirable still is the ability to drive right into a yard and get 10 work in the minimum of time, which cannot be done with a room, any part of which must be unfolded or set up on arrival, and taken down or folded when ready to move to another yard. The best size for a portable, consid- ering all these points, is 8, 9, or pos- sibly 10 feed wide, by 16 feet long. The writer has seen one portable 10 feet wide, and aside from a little difficulty in getting into gates, and in passing teams on the road, the size is very satisfactory. However, after years of use of a permanent outfit, our friends have arrived at the same conclusion as the writer, that where yards are not too distant, the better plan is to haul all combs to a central plant, where everything is convenient. With the central plant, extracting can go on, as it did with us at one time last summer, when the weather would have entirely prevented the use of a portable, as we used escapes to remove the honey in an all but Arctic spell of weather. Meridian, Idaho. Water in Shipping Bees By A. E. Lusher HAULING bees and shipping bees from one place to another is no small side issue if followed up year after year in a large way. Bees need water if shipped on cars any distance. When shipping bees on cars a long distance I would pre- fer to use a can about the size of a corn can, with the same kind of moss that they use in a nursery for ferns, put in the can, then fill half full of water. Take out enough frames so the can may be tacked in the corner of the super, then put on the moving screen. The bees • will get the water from the moss and will not drown or be wet. If more water is needed, the can could be filled through the screen. It doesn't matter if they do get a little wet on a car, for they don't get the awful jarring and bu
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