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a third man places them with the 

 alighting board to one side and the 

 back end of the hive to the center of 

 the wagon. This gives ns two rows 

 of hives the entire length of the wagon. 

 With the ordinary 8 frame, Simplicity, 

 this would accommodate 20 hives. 

 Now I would place 10 more on top. I 

 place an ordinary fence board, 16 feet 

 long, on top of esch of the lower rows 

 to hold the upper hives from slipping 

 off, then place a rope around the lower 

 and upper hives, loosely, then on each 

 side place a stout stick in the rope 

 and twist it up until every hive is 

 snug and tight and fastened there. 

 This rope should be examined oc- 

 casionally during the trip, and if it 

 works loose it should be re-tightened. 

 Now hitch our team to a chain 12 feet 

 long, the other end of the chain is 

 hooked to the tongue. We now pro- 

 ceed to pull our load out of the apiary 

 and out into the road and load the 

 next wagon. I used three wagons 

 this season. 



In this way the drivers help each 

 other to load and unload. I aim to 

 get everything ready and get started 

 by 9 or 10 P. M., so as to arrive at our 

 destination just before day-break, 

 when the hives can be set off of the 

 wagon and arranged without trouble 

 of the bees stinging the horses. We 

 frequently want to leave an out-apiary 

 with a load of honey in the day time, 

 when the bees would be troublesome 

 if the horses were hitched directly to 

 the wagon. To obviate this we use a 

 rope about 40 feet long and hitch our 

 team to the end of the rope, then to 

 the chain and hook the chain to the 

 end of the tongue, thus removing our 

 team about 60 feet from the bees. 



The bees will gradually desert the 

 wagon-load of honey, and when we 

 get off 300 or 400 yards from the apiary 

 the horses can be hitched direct to the 

 wagon without danger of stings. 



If it is Spanish-needle honey you 

 intend to extract, get right at it and 

 get it out as soon as gathered, as it is 

 already ripened. See that there is 

 plenty of water handy for the bees, 

 when moving to a new location, and 

 if any of the neighbors have water 

 out for the stock, take along a bottle 

 of crude carbolic acid and with a 

 brush paint with the acid the inside 

 of the watering trough. This will 

 prevent the bees bothering them. We 

 use no springs on the wagon, but 

 drive slow and carefully. 



We prefer to move at night for sev- 

 eral reasons. First, there is a good 

 deal less danger of the horses getting 

 stung. Second, it is cooler. Third, 

 the bees are all at home. Fourth, the 

 wagon can be backed right in among 

 the hives and they don't have to be 

 carried far by hand. Fifth, the roads 

 are deserted, no one asks you, "Have 

 you got bees in all them hives?" or 

 "What be you going to do with all 

 them bees ? 



The sooner the bees are got back to 

 the hills or to their Spring quarters 

 the better, after the Fall crop is over, 

 although I try to pick on moonlight 

 nights to move. 



Upper Alton, Ills. 



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