GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Fig. 2. — iMiipi.^ liiio- nam.' mult-i.,- .Miii.i..n_ Im.a, ,, li.ai \\i 

 boxes are inaiU' of li.i;l:t thin stuff, and screened top and bottom. 



vv u.sed for the carload. Note that the 



man." I said to him, "Why didn't you ride 

 in the caboose, Mr. Marchantf" 



"T did not dare to," he said. "'Tlie rail- 

 load ]:ieople gave me an old rickety cattle 

 car tliat I was really afraid would fall 

 down on me." 



Whenever he saw it was beginning to 

 give way in places he put in additional 

 braces and plugged in more nails. Next 

 the bees would need water. Then they had 

 to be screened from the cold winds at night. 

 The result was he had to be up and doing 

 almost night and day. 



"No, sir,"' said he, "carrying 500 nuclei 

 11 an open cattle car 1400 miles is no snap. 

 One has to secure his dinner on the run, 

 grabbing up a sandwich or ]iie between 

 stojs. When the car was changed from 

 one division to another I had to beg and 

 almost threaten the conductor and his crew 

 to get them to take my carload of precious 

 freight in the next train that pulled out. 

 They would tell me that the car could 

 wait till the next day — that they were too 

 busy, etc. I told one conductor he had to 

 take the bees or there would be trouble." 



Piu. 3. — Tliree-frame nucleus shipping boxes filled with bees The screen tops (with tlie convenient 

 cross-rail for u handle) are secured lo the nucleus box proper wth two screws at each end. Such boxes 

 are very handy for moving bees, either for shipping or carrying from one part of the yard to the other. 

 They are al^o very handy for carrying combs. 



