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from trees, such as pines and horse chestnuts, 

 especially from the buds. It is also carried 

 home like pollen on the third legs of the bee, 

 and it is used for stopping up every crack 

 and opening in the hive. 



ARRANGEMENT OF THE APIARY 



The apiary should be arranged so as to 

 face south or south-east. 



It is very essential that the early morning 

 sun should fall upon the hives, and so cause 

 the bees to get out to work early. In 

 winter, every ray of sun is precious, and 

 helps very much in keeping up the tem- 

 perature of the hive. 



The hives should be, as much as possible, Relation to 

 protected from the north and west winds, 

 either by a good hedge or trees. Bee-hives 

 may advantageously be placed in an orchard. 

 The fruit trees afford shade to the hives in 

 the summer, and what is very important, an 

 early supply of nectar, close at hand, in the 

 spring. 



