LOCATION OF THE APIARY 



If one hundred and fifty or several hun- 

 dred colonies are to be kept, then it becomes 

 an absolute necessity to establish some out 

 yards, and if one hundred and fifty are to be 

 kept it will be best to put, say, seventy-five 

 hives in the home yard, and seventy-five in 

 an out yard, say from three to five miles from 

 home; and these out yards can be so located 

 along the line of trolley and railroad as to be 

 of easy access by their operator. 



It is a disputed question how far bees will 

 travel from their homes in quest of nectar; 

 some authorities go so far as to say that bees 

 will travel a distance of five miles or more, 

 but, generally speaking, three miles will be 

 their limit, and even if the apiaries are located 

 but three miles from each other (though five 

 miles would be better), there is not a great 

 deal of danger in the matter of crowding, as 

 many experiments have proved. 



There are some beekeepers fortunately loca- 

 ted, notably the late Mr. Alexander of Delanson, 

 who is in the midst of the buckwheat country of 



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