SHIPPING BEES BY BOAT. 
Where water privileges are available, 
bees can often be shipped best by boat, 
either up or down river or down bays. In 
1914 the publishers shipped bees up the 
Apalachicola River. The ordinary flat-bot¬ 
tom boats used on those shallow rivers an¬ 
swer a very excellent purpose. The hives 
are loaded on the outside platforms; and as 
there is no jolt, the individual hives do not 
need to be braced together. Bees on boats 
like this can be carried one or two hundred 
miles very easily. As the air on water is 
usually cooler, there is but very little dan¬ 
ger from suffocation, but they will need to 
be sprayed at intervals. 
For migratory beekeeping small boats 
can be used, carrying forty or fifty colonies 
at a time for ten or fifteen miles. The 
illustration on next page shows bees that 
were loaded and moved on the Apalachicola 
River in 1914. 
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When bees are moved in cool weather, 
say along in the fall, a cattle-ear of the 
kind already described is as good as any¬ 
thing that can be Used; but if it is desired 
to move them in hot weather, the cattle-car 
can still be used, provided the hives are 
placed far enough apart to insure ventila¬ 
tion and the screens are wet down with 
water. 
Loading the bees on the steamer. * 
for long distances in hot weather that the 
refrigerator car should be used. 
On the boat down the Apalachicola River, between Bainbridge and Randlett’s Landing. 
