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OUT-APIARIES-NO. VIII. 



RIGGING A WAGON FOR HAULING BEES. 



fHE first moving of bees of which I have any 

 recollection was done in a very primitive 

 manner. The bees were in a box hive. The 

 hive was set right side up (the bottom, of 

 course, open), on a sheet. The four corners 

 of the sheet were tied together over the top of the 

 hive; a pole was thrust through and carried on the 

 shoulders of two men a distance of about two 

 miles, at night. When I commenced hauling my 

 own bees I had a common one-horse wagon, the 

 box of which was about 8 ft. long and 3 ft. wide, in- 

 side measure. My hives were Langstroth, with 

 cleats on the sides, making them so wide that two 

 would not sit in the wagon side by side, so T could 

 get only four in the wagon, using one for a seat. 

 T increased the load to seven by putting three on 

 top of the hindmost three. If simply placed on 

 top without fastening, the upper hive would slip 

 off. I made a pair of sticks to place between the 

 upper and lower hive so there could be no sliding. 

 The sticks were as long as the tops of the hives, 

 about au inch wide, and one-fourth inch thick. 

 Near each end, several common big-headed tacks 

 were driven through from each side. 



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STICK WITH TACKS TO HOLD ONE;HIVE ON 

 ANOTHER. 



The bottom hive was placed on the wagon; one 

 of these sticks was pressed on top on each side, 

 then the other hive was placed on it, and there was 

 about as much security [ from slipping as if tb,e 

 hives were nailed together. 



But one horse could easily haul more than seven, 

 over good roads. I then made a sort of rack to put 

 on the wagon-box. It is made of fence-boards. 

 Two side-boards rest on the side-boards of the wag- 

 on-box, and at or near each end two pieces arc nail- 

 ed in, forming au open box without top or bottom. 



HACK ON WAGON-BOX, FOR HAULING BEES. 



Then five cross-pieces are nailed on top, and blocks 

 nailed on these to hold the hives in place. Two 

 pieces are nailed on each side (as seen in the cut), 

 which slip down on the wagon-box and keep the 

 rack from slipping off. A loose board in front ans- 

 wers for a seat. The hind end of the rack is prop- 

 ped up, at time of loading, till 3 hives are slid under 

 from behind, then the rack is let down, and the 8 

 hives loaded on, making 11 hives for the full load. 

 I have a similar rack, only larger, to fit Jack Wil- 

 son's milk-wagon, on which, drawn by two horses, 

 I can haul 17 hives. Jack is one of the brothers-in- 

 law worth having, lor generally about the time I 

 want to haul bees he seems to have things happen 

 so as to say that he has an idle team that I can have 

 just as well as not. Thus I can take 28 colonies 

 each trip. These are both spring wagons, and., a]- 



