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the effort. I have not heard of any phenom- 

 enal crops being gathered by this method. 

 The majority of beekeepers are content to 

 leave their home and out apiaries in their 

 permanent locations, and where a section is 

 found to be unusually good, an out apiary is 

 established at that point. This has proved 

 to be the most satisfactory and profitable 

 plan. 



Before closing this chapter, a few words 

 concerning out apiaries seem necessary. It 

 is the fear of overstocking a given location 

 that has led to the adoption of out apiaries, 

 but after all is said, the danger of overstock- 

 ing is more imaginary than real, if a little 

 care is exercised. 



There are few locations that will not sup- 

 port as many as one hundred colonies, and 

 add a goodly surplus at that, and if one hun- 

 dred colonies are the limit, it will be better 

 to keep them all at the home yard than to go 

 to the extra trouble of establishing an out 

 yard. 



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