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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



FIG. I. — w. c. sorter's house-apiary. 



The different-colored rags are used to enable the bees to mark their own entrances more easily. 



HOUSE APIARIES. 



Some of the Advantages of Keeping Colo- 

 nies in Permanent Sheds. 



BY H. H. ROOT. 



The house-apiary has been in use almost as 

 long as any thing else in connection with bee- 

 keeping. In portions of Europe especially, it is 

 seen on every hand. The subject is one that has 



been discussed pro and con in the bee-journals 

 for years; and lest some might feel that we were 

 reviving an old threadbare topic it might be well 

 to explain that the purpose of this article is not 

 to urge the use of the house-apiary on bee-keep- 

 ers in general, but simply to show how it is be- 

 ing used in some instances to-day, and to men- 

 tion briefly a few of the advantages. Many who 

 formerly used house-apiaries do not use them 

 now; but, on the other hand, there are some who 

 never thought of even trying them who are suc- 



FIG. 2.— OUTDOOR COLONIES SHELTERED ON THE NORTH BY THE HOUSE-APIARY AND ON THE WEST 



BY A HIGH BOARD FENCE. 



