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Since bees may be kept on roofs, in woods and in other places 

 lacking many desirable features, it will be seen that it is not 

 profitable to consider the desirable features too seriously. 

 Another distinction should be made. If the out-apiary is 

 permanent, it will pay better to plan the location thoroughly. 

 However, many commercial beekeepers, especially those 

 outside the white clover belt, find it well to change the loca- 

 tions of their out-apiaries to meet changing conditions in 

 the region and they therefore do not find it profitable to con- 

 sider the conveniences in equipment and in apiary planning 

 to any great extent. To the commercial beekeeper the 

 only essentials are the things which bring the greatest 

 return. The amateur can better afford to spend time cut- 

 ting grass and arranging hive stands since his living does not 

 depend on the crop and he has fewer colonies for which to 

 plan. 



