JOY RIDING WITH BEES 
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on a different flower source and bring more “honey 
money” into the beekeeper’s pocket. 
I read of this method in the bee journals while 
still a novice at the bee game. But my enthusiasm 
ran high. Thus when an opportunity came, I de¬ 
termined to try out migratory beekeeping on a 
small scale. 
Early in one August there was very little honey 
coming into the hives, and bees were idle and, ac¬ 
cordingly, cross. I knew of a pond, seven miles 
away, around which grew great quantities of clethra, 
or sweet pepper bush, which yields a delicious nec¬ 
tar. So I resolved to move one of my colonies to 
Spec Pond—and thus resolving, pictured a trium¬ 
phant return two weeks later with a hive so heavily 
loaded with delectable honey that two men could 
barely lift it! 
At daybreak, before the bees had begun to fly, I 
tacked a piece of wire netting over the entrance. But 
finding the netting not quite long enough, I pushed 
a little block of wood in at one end and thought 
everything would be all right. ... I empha¬ 
size the word thought because I found out that when 
one is moving bees it pays to \now that all is secure. 
. . . I also thought a veil and smoker entirely 
unnecessary. 
