Hello,

Would anyone be able to provide me with the earliest reference to early 
migratory beekeeping in America?

I found this reference to what appears to be a bee trader taking his bees 
to sell in Quebec.  But so far, nothing in the way of early migratory 
beekeeping.  

Republican Banner
Tuesday, July 23, 1833 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

“A trader in bees, during the last month,
carried safely several boxes of hives from
Kennebeck, in Maine, to Quebec. He traveled
during the night, and set his bees out
during the day to feed and continue their
usual activity and regularity.”

PS. Thanks to those that responded to my Paris Green inquiry.  Reading 
some of the older material, I’m finding many of the great names in 
beekeeping were engaged in a vigorous battle against the use of Paris 
Green.  It appears beekeepers then as they are now, still fighting to 
protect the environment. 

Best Wishes,
Joe
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricalHoneybeeArticles/
“We got to learn conservation . . . or we will commit national 
suicide by the destruction of our resources.”
-Frank C. Pellett, 1947

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