JUNE 1, 1914 



7. — Loading tliree-frame nuclei mi IIh' laiiiKli jiniiaiatcn-y to the trip five iiiilf": nji liic 

 Nucleus yard. The cover picture for this issue shows the boat loaded and under \vay, 



three- frame hives, moving them fifty at a 

 time five miles up the river to a beautiful 

 spot on the bank that is as level as a table. 

 We shall have a view of this nucleus yard 

 ill Gleanings shortly, for it makes a beau- 

 tiful ]iicture. Fig. 7 shows the launch part- 

 ly loaded with these three-frame nuclei. Our 

 cover picture for this issue shows the launch 

 with its load under way. 



Of all the conveniences for moving bees — 

 wagons, sleds, train, or boat — the boat, if of 

 tlie river type shown in the photogTaph, is 

 bv far the most satisfactory. There is verv' 

 little jar, nothing has to be done along the 

 line of bracing the hives, and protection 

 either from the heat or the cold can be 



easily provided. Of course, moving by 

 boat in rough water on a lake or on the 

 ocean is an entirely different proposition. 



Moving by rail is the most nerve-wearing 

 of all ; and yet, in spite of exasperating 

 delays of trains that are sometimes unavoid- 

 able, more real serious accidents no doubt 

 occur when bees are moved by wagon, for it 

 lakes a pretty good horse to keep his head 

 if he happens to be stung a few times. We 

 presume more bees are lost when moving by 

 rail ; but there are surely more accidents 

 ard narrow escapes from actual loss of life 

 when moving by horse and wagon. In the 

 latter instance, if in no other, it certainly 

 pays to prepare for the unexpected. 



lOVING IN NEW ZEAL4ND BY MOTOR TRUCK 



BY E. G. WARD 



At the end of last season I owned 35 

 colonies of bees which were spread out in 

 three locations. About half were at my 

 home in Christchurch, and the remainder in 

 two equal lots about five miles away. One 

 season of this kind of management convinc- 

 ed me that it was not a paying proposition, 

 so T decided to get the bees together in a 

 good country district. T was fortunate in 

 securing a location in a good clover district, 



and I have a nice little apiaiy established. 

 The bees were loaded in the bottom of a 

 motor truck, and the supers, etc., piled on 

 top. The tops of the hives were covered 

 with a frame of x<'\ve cloth, and the en- 

 trances closed in with the same material full 

 width. I had the misfortune to lose three 

 of the best colonies by suffocation. These 

 three colonies were in nine-frame hives, and 

 very strong; and, although there was plenty 



