HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



supply houses have in the making of their 

 screens overlooked this extra bottom cleat, so 

 that when the hive of bees is set on the floor, 

 they might as well be entirely without the 

 bottom screen. The lids and bottom boards 

 that were removed from the hives to be moved 

 can be sent or carried separately. 



When bees have been bought in the old- 

 fashioned box hives, all that is necessary is to 

 turn the hive upside down and tack some wire 

 net over the bottom, and ship the hive in this 

 position. 



When a quantity of bees are to be shipped 

 a considerable distance by rail it will be a 

 good thing for their owners to accompany 

 them, and give them in warm weather an 

 occasional sprinkling of cold water to cool 

 and keep them quiet. 



If horses and wagon are employed, by all 

 means unhitch the horses before the bees are 

 loaded on the wagon and take them a safe dis- 

 tance from the bees until the wagon is loaded, 

 and, when the other bees have stopped flying, 



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