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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



helping- hand to him whom we may be 

 able to assist, as those great public 

 benefactors have assisted us. AH honor 

 to each and every one, who helped raise 

 bee-keeping from the rut of ignorance 



and superstition to that high plane 

 it now occupies with other rural 

 pursuits. 



Delanson, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1905. 



B^tmnifig Apiaries ©m tlie Visitini 

 Plan In Verstaonto 



J. E. GRANE. 



gjHE number of colonies of bees that 

 "X* can profitably be kept in one loca- 

 tion is, and doubtless will remain, an 

 open question. When there is a good 

 yield of honey for three to six weeks, 

 more colonies can be located in one 

 place than is generally supposed. My 

 dependence is almost wholly on clover, 

 which is usually abundant, and I 

 should not think of starting an out- 

 apiary before I had 150 colonies in my 

 home-yard. I could never see much dif- 

 ference, during clover bloom, whether 

 there were 50 or 150 colonies in the 

 apiary. 



The difficulty with large yards is 

 that they require more care in spring 

 and fall than smaller ones need. It is 

 more work to build them up in the 

 spring, and in autumn they require 

 more feeding, unless there is more fall 

 flowers than in this section of the 

 country. I had nearly 200 colonies be- 

 fore I began to move them away. 



ADVANTAGES OF A PROTECTED 

 LOCATION. 



In selecting a new location, great 

 care should be taken that it is well 

 sheltered from prevailing winds. I 

 know now, what I did not know some 

 years ago, that this makes Bi great dif- 

 fet'ence in the yield of honey. During 

 the past ten or fifteen 3^ears, I have 

 had occasion to change the location of 



all of my out-yards, and I believe I 

 can truthfully say that where the new 

 location has been more exposed to 

 winds, or cold draughts of air, the 

 yield has decreased; and where the 

 new location has been more sheltered, 

 the yield of honey has increased. 



I will mention one case. Somefifteen 

 or more years ago I bought a whole 

 yard of bees, and moved it to a locality 

 that seemed to me very good; but I was 

 disappointed, j'ear after year, b}' the 

 small yield of honey, and I came to the 

 conclusion that the locality was a poor 

 one. Some five years ago I moved it to 

 a more sheltered place, only about 

 foity rods away, since which the yield, 

 per hive, has been as good as from anj' 

 of mj^ yards. 



As 1 usually keep about 100 colonies 

 in a yard, I aim to locate them four or 

 five miles apart. I have sometimes 

 rented bees to be cared for on shares, 

 but I now prefer to care for all myself. 

 If a man is careful, and knows how to 

 care for bees, he will prefer to own 

 them to taking them on shares. If he 

 does not know how, or is shiftless, the 

 owner will find it to his advantage to 

 take care of them himself I have no 

 difficulty in renting a small piece of 

 land, for $2.00 or $3.00 a year, upon 

 which to place a yard of bees. 



I know of nothing better, at present, 

 than a}good horse and wagon to.use in 



