 The steamer "Queen Bee", also owned by Captain Weston, was loading at North Coast ports for Sydney.Whilst latter in November 1909 it was reported that the collier "Queen Bee" had arrived from Newcastle during the night running the union barricades with a cargo of coal, estimated at about 180 tons.Captain Hacking the Deputy Superintendent of Navigation stated that the bigger part of the "Queen Bee's" cargo was for the Sydney pilot steamer "Captain Cook" which would absorb nearly 100 tons of the "Queen Bee's" coal.