. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1920 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 17 them on arrival in New Orleans, evi- dently caused by stacking other ex- press matter over them, or leaving them in the sun. I had each colony plainly marked in large letters, "keep out of the sun" and "do not cover the ; The steamship company would not accept any freight or express matter for this trip to Costa Rica, only for Panama, which made it necessary for me to store 20 cases of household goods in New Orleans, to be shipped on a later boat. But the company finally consented to take the 6 c
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1920 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 17 them on arrival in New Orleans, evi- dently caused by stacking other ex- press matter over them, or leaving them in the sun. I had each colony plainly marked in large letters, "keep out of the sun" and "do not cover the ; The steamship company would not accept any freight or express matter for this trip to Costa Rica, only for Panama, which made it necessary for me to store 20 cases of household goods in New Orleans, to be shipped on a later boat. But the company finally consented to take the 6 colo- nies of bees along for me as bag- gage, and I to look after them per- sonally, which was very kind of them. I had paid them $600 for pas- sage money for my family and myself. The bees were placed on the deck of the steamer under a canvass that was put up to protect deck freight from the sun and rain. I watered them every day, and they fared well until we arrived at Cristobal, Canal Zone. Here the steamer tied up at the north side of a pier for 3 days to discharge 3,000 tons of cargo. The canvass that shaded the bees was cleared away. The mate gave me a small piece of canvass, and by propping this up with a few pieces of old lumber, I put up a temporary shade and moved the bees to the bow of the boat, but it was almost unbearably hot, and how any of the bees survived the three days' stay in Cristobal is a mystery to me. Finally the ship's hold was emptied of cargo, which was a relief for sev- eral reasons; we would soon be out on the high seas again, where it was cooler, and as we passed an occa- sional thunder storm we did not rel- ish living over a cargo that contained coal oil, gasoline and ammunition. Most of the passengers were also discharged at Cristobal. Mr. Pullen, United States Consular Agent to Costa Rica, also a native of our State, was the only passenger besides us that came all the way. On the following day we arived at Limon, Costa Rica. The fringe of cocoanu
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