MOVING BEES 
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Ford runabout converted into a light truck. 
any one on account of its simple gear shift, 
while the large two-ton trucks requiring 
the use of sliding gears are complicated. 
SHIPPING BEES LONG DISTANCES BY EXPRESS. 
During warm weather it is advisable to 
have the shipping boxes or hives with wire 
screen at bottom as well as top. The ex¬ 
press agents are usually careless, and, in 
spite of instructions to the contrary, will 
leave bees out in the hot sun or in a small 
express room with all kinds of packages 
piled on top. For that reason additional 
ventilation should be provided. Provision 
The Dovetailed liive prepared for shipping bees. 
should be made to protect the bottom 
screen and insure ventilation at all times. 
The illustrations herewith show packages 
of bees in colonies and nuclei put up as 
they should be for shipment. If unspaced 
Empty three-frame nucleus shipping boxes. Note 
that the boxes are made of light thin stuff, and 
screened top and bottom. 
frames are used they should be secured by 
notched cleats as shown. 
On top of every shipment of bees there 
should be a label cautioning agents against 
leaving the bees out in the hot sun or piling 
