. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 270 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL August Of the modes of importing bees to California, the most novel was that of Mr. Gridley, who brought four swarms across the plains from Michi- gan, placed in the rear end of a spring wagon. He arrived in Sacra- mento on the 3rd of August, 1859, with them, in good condition. His plan was to feed them, and in addi- tion, stop occasionally in the after- noon and allow the bees to fly out and work till dark, when they were closed up, to resume their journey on the next morning. This was repeated from time to time, as they requ
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 270 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL August Of the modes of importing bees to California, the most novel was that of Mr. Gridley, who brought four swarms across the plains from Michi- gan, placed in the rear end of a spring wagon. He arrived in Sacra- mento on the 3rd of August, 1859, with them, in good condition. His plan was to feed them, and in addi- tion, stop occasionally in the after- noon and allow the bees to fly out and work till dark, when they were closed up, to resume their journey on the next morning. This was repeated from time to time, as they required their liberty. Notwithstanding such disastrous re- sults attending the previous year's shipments, there were upwards of six thousand hives of bees imported dur- ing the winter of 1859-60. They ar- rived in better condition apparently than those of previous years; yet, owing to the fact that large numbers of them were infected with the dis- ease known as foulbrood prior to their purchase and ,;hipment, to- gether with the effects of so long a voyage, probably one-half of the whole number were lost. Many of the remainder have since died, or now linger in a diseased condition, which is infinitely worse for the parties owning them than if all had died at once. Thus the result has been bad for all concerned; for, while some have lost their money, others have in- jured their reputation, besides par- alyzing for a time an important branch of productive industry.—Bee- keepers' Directory. Soldering Honey Cans By Dr. A. F. Bonney I WAS wondering how many bee- keepers understand the art of soldering tin, copper and galvan- ized iron, and deciding, after some thought that they are just ordinary humans, I approached some other mere men with the question. Not one man in a hundred had the least idea of how to proceed; therefore I as- sume that about one per cent of bee- keepers understand it. The things required are a soldering "iron," which is a chunk of copper on the end of
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