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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



fore there was another train made up 

 for the north. Travel on a freig^ht 

 train is slow, not so much because the 

 train runs slowly, but of the long- waits 

 at stations while the engine is switch- 

 ing- cai's, and the longer waits at the 

 ends of divisions. At four o'clock I 



.set down side by side in the bottom of 

 the rack; two strips of boards, an inch 

 and one-half in width, were laid on 

 top of the hives, crosswise of the 

 wagon, nailed fast to the hives, then 

 two more hives set on top of these 

 strips and nailed fast to the strips. 



Unloading the Forbes Bees, and Starting an Apiary, Near South Boardman. 



went on, reaching South Boardman, 

 Kalkaska County, about 7:00 p. m. 



GETTING A BIG LOAD OF BP:ES ON A 

 HAY RACK. 



Ne.xt came the moving of the bees to 

 the location selected for the apiary, 

 near the ruins of an old saw mill, 

 where had been sawed into lumber the 

 timber of the surrounding country, 

 thus creating the raspberry pasturage 

 to which we were bringing the busy 

 little liarvesters. The distance was 

 four miles, and some of the roads none 

 too smooth, hence the problem of load- 

 ing was all-important. I used an or- 

 dinary hay rack; two hives were first 



Two more strips. were then laid on top 

 of the top hives, nailed last, and one 

 hive set on top of the strips and nailed 

 fast to them. A hive was then set out 

 on each " v\ ing " of the rack, letting 

 the inner ends rest against the hives 

 already in place, and these hives nailed 

 fast to the rack upon which they sat. 

 Strips of wood were then laid across 

 the tops of the hives last put in place, 

 nailed fast, and another hive set on 

 top of each, letting the inner ends rest 

 iigainst the hives piled in the center, 

 and nailing them fast to the strips of 

 wood upon which they rested. This 

 formed a s )rt of pyramid containing 

 nine liives, and, with eight-fram 



