LOCATION OF THE APIARY 



growth of clover, basswood, and wild rasp- 

 berries, where some of the greatest crops are 

 secured, so that we can see that the bees adapt 

 themselves to almost any environment. While 

 the buckwheat sections of New York state, 

 the alfalfa districts of Utah, Colorado, and 

 California, are particularly favorable for large 

 returns, nevertheless in almost every section 

 of the country bees are able to extract a goodly 

 surplus for their owners. 



Where the nectar-secreting flowers are more 

 or less restricted, there is danger of overstock- 

 ing, and this has led a good many eastern bee- 

 keepers to resort to a system of out apiaries. 



Instead of placing five hundred colonies in 

 the home yard, a thing that is possible in the 

 regions referred to above, it will be best in an 

 average location to place not more than seventy- 

 five colonies in the home yard, and then at 

 distances of say three to five miles from each 

 other, place additional apiaries of like number. 

 In this way a large number of colonies may 

 be kept in sections of the country that are 



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