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Interior arrangeineut of the first car. The aisle divides the car into four quarters, each ul' wli 

 contains staging for three tiers of hives. The two-by-fours were notched and then bolted together. 



again. Pervading all is the monotonous 

 hum, which is music to the bee-master's ear. 



Sun and shadow, the sound of work, the 

 song of the bees, laughing voices, the scent 

 of the pines, the russet tints of the willows 

 and maples, the fresh greens of the oaks 

 and tupelos, the drab gTay of the hanging 

 moss, all combine in a flood of delicious 

 color and scent and sound. 



The sun sets in a softly luminous skv, 

 such as, I fancy, is seen only in the South. 

 A flight of cranes string noiselessly across 

 the sky to their nesting. An owl hoots its 

 eerie call. An alligator bellows in the swamp. 



The fireflies, surely the link-boys of the 

 myriad horde of roystering night-insects, 

 trim their lamps to lighten the beeman's 

 heart with promise of good weather. 



" Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of 



heaven, 

 Blos.som the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the 



angels." 



We go to bed, saying our childhood's 

 prayer, "This night I lay me down to sleep." 

 But the mosquitoes know better. Those who 

 have never tended bees in a camp do not 

 know how good life is. Beekeeping is indeed 

 a fascinating pursuit. 



THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FMA 



IN A 



lEWOMK FOM HOLDING HIVEf 



BY R. A. NUSBAUM 



What is your method of staging a car for 

 .shipping bees'? I understand you have it 

 arranged much like the shelving used in 

 poulti-y-cars. This allows a narrow passage- 

 way in the middle of the car, does it not? 

 Do you use 2x4 stuff entirely? IIow is it 



braced and bolted for the best results? 

 How many hives deep on each side of car? 

 What ob.jections do you have to using a 

 double-deck hog-car? We will sliip about 

 200 colonies from here to Pennsylvania ihe 

 latter part of July, and should greatly ap- 



