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little distance from the house; sa}' 100 

 yards, this will reduce to a minimum 

 the dang-er of trouble with the children. 

 I would not think of locating- an out- 

 yard less than three miles distant, and 

 if it can be arrang-ed near an electric 

 car line, or railway station, you will 

 likel3' find the car or train cheaper 

 than a horse and rig-. I have both my 

 out-apiaries located along- the railway, 

 and I use the train back and forth, 

 ' and find it very satisfactory. I think 

 an automobile delivery wag-on with 

 which one could move bees and sup- 

 plies would be the best thing-, but, 

 alas, we poor mortals have not the 

 wherewithal. 



HAVE A BUILDING AND SKT Ol' TOOLS AT 

 KACH YARD. 



Having: selected the location I would 

 next proceed to erect a g-ood, firm, 

 substantial building, say, 12 x 1(> feet. 

 This, in my judgment, is larg-e enough; 

 and it must be put up in panels 

 throug-hout, and bolted together, so 

 that, should occasion arise, the whole 

 building- could be taken apart, moved 

 several miles, and put up ready for 

 use again. 



At each yard I keep a complete set of 

 tools, even to the extractor, and this is 

 almost absolutely necessary, unless 

 one has at least two supers of drawn 

 combs for each hive, as, otherwise, 

 with a sing-le super, the bees will get 

 blocked up with honey, and much time 

 and honey be lost thereby. If one had 

 an abundance of drawn combs one ex- 

 tractor would do for several yards. 



USE CHAFF HIVKS AND WINTER BEES 

 OUT OF DOORS. 



I keep my bees in double-walled 

 hives, and I put on the top packing- 

 about the middle of September; and, 

 some years, the last of Aug-ust; 

 and have never seen them ag-ain 

 until April, and I g-enerally find them 

 in g-ood shape. If the hives are placed 

 with the entrances at least 12 inches 



above theg-round, the shoveling- of snow 

 away from the entrances will be un- 

 necessary in most locations, unless it 

 be very near spring-. My entire loss in 

 my double-walled hives, last winter, 

 with all its terrible cold weather, was 

 only about 20 per cent., and this, mind 

 you, included the loss during- the 

 spring- from weak and queenless colon- 

 ies; and a lot of the colonies were in 

 poor shape in the fall, and I never 

 went hear the apiary from the first of 

 October until about the first of April; 

 at which time many of the hives were 

 yet in a foot or more of snow. I dug- 

 them out, and, in an hour's time, they 

 were flying- as thoug-h it were July. 

 This proves conclusively, to my mind, 

 that out door wintering is still a g-rand 

 success. Of course, if one desires to 

 use the single-walled hive, they can do 

 so, and have all sorts of hard work, 

 but, if you want to make a real g-ood 

 thing- out of an out-apiary, with practi- 

 cally no disagreeable work, and not 

 much work of a?/j kind, put your bees 

 in double-walled, 10-frame hives, with 

 a deep entrance full width of the hive, 

 and 3'ou are ready for business. 



I say 10-frame hives, because they 

 give stronger colonies, are less likely 

 to swarm, and last, but not least, they 

 seldom require feeding, and this is 

 very important in an out-apiary. 



Who shall make the hives ? If you 

 are a good mechanic, and can cut 

 lumber to the thirty-second of an inch, 

 make them yourself ; if you can't make 

 them right, get them from the supply 

 men, no matter 7i'/iai they cost; then 

 paint them and keep them painted so 

 you will never have to replace them. 



Just a word further as to the en- 

 trance of my hive the bottom of the 

 hive is on the slant, giving about ^ of 

 an inch space under the frames at the 

 back and 1% inches at the front. The 

 entrance is flush with the inside wall, 

 and is about an inch deep, and 1% 

 inches flush with the outside wall, and 

 full width of hive. I have a tapering 



