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orchard offers, then a trelHs of vines extending east 

 and west, eight feet high, may shade a few hives, 

 and may be a thing of beauty in the garden as well. 

 Gra pe v ines, hops, Virginia_creeper, or any other 

 rapidly growing vines will do. To the one who 

 loves his garden, there will be many ways suggested 

 whereby the hives may be placed to compass both 

 comfort for the bees and joy to the beholder. We 

 started an apiary at the north of the lilac trees, and 

 made it a part of the lawn. 



If no such happy position for natural shade is to 

 be found for the hives, then one must have recourse 

 to artificial shade or double-walled hives. A very 

 good method of shading, much in vogue among the 

 farmers of our country, consists of a few boards 

 placed awning-fashion above the row of hives. This 

 is not an attractive solution to the problem, although 

 perhaps it might be made so if this method were ever 

 resorted to by anyone with a sense of beauty; but 

 usually it is limited to a simple cover consisting of 

 two or three boards nailed together, slanting a little 

 toward the back of the hives to shed rain, supported 

 by four posts, which hold it a foot or more above 

 the row of hives. 



In California instead of boards a thatched roof is 

 made for this sort of protection, and is ample enough 

 to allow an aisle for the apiarist between the rows of 

 hives set back to back. 



Many people use a single shade board, which 

 consists of slats fastened together by cleats made 

 large enough to project a foot beyond the hive on 



