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some treatment dififerent from the 

 others, and results will be noted and 

 reported. Another thinf^-, in the mak- 

 ing up of new colonies, in which 

 queens must be fertilized, there will be 

 more opportunity to give such hives 

 disting-uishing- locations, than would 

 be the case were the whole apiary ar- 

 ranged in one solid square when the 

 bees were first taken from the cellar. 

 The hives will be arranged in straight 

 rows, each way, the distance between 

 being about 30 inches. This will give 

 an excellent opportunity for the run- 

 ning of the lawn mower, both ways, 

 the same as we cultivate corn. Salt 

 will be used to kill the grass for five 

 or six inches around each hive. 



HO ! FOR OUT-APIAKIES IN N0RTHP:RN 



MICHIGAN. 



I have mentioned some of the plans 

 of the future, but let me go still further. 

 I have already shown how easily an 

 apiary may be built up from a few 

 colonies; now I wish to go on and show 

 how apiaries may be increased, and a 

 paying business built up on a large 

 scale. In the spring I may sell a few 

 colonies, but not more than 15 or 20. 

 Theu, after fruit bloom, I expect to 

 ship most of the remaining strong col- 

 onies to the raspberry region of North- 

 ern Michigan and establish an apiary 

 that shall be a starting point for a 

 series of out-apiaries. I expect to 

 produce extracted honey, and manage 

 the apiaries on something approaching 

 the Townsend plan, viz., that of visit- 

 ing them only at stated intervals dur- 

 ing the spring, summer and fall. I 

 am going to give, in advance, my plans, 

 as much in detail as space will permit, 

 and then ask for criticisms. As the 

 work progresses, results will be re- 

 ported, mistakes being given as freely 

 as the successes. 



TEN-FRAMK HIVES. 



Ten-frame Langstroth hives will be 

 used. The preference is given to this 



size rather than the eight-frame, be- 

 cause in handlingbees at "long range," 

 so to speak, where they may be left for 

 weeks with no attention, a colony in a 

 large hive will be more likely to be 

 able to take care of itself. Colonies in 

 hives of this size will be able to better 

 bear neglect. It is likely that swarm- 

 ing will be more easily controlled. 



PREPARING FULL COLONIES FOR 

 SHIPMENT. 



After fruit bloom, and before the hot 

 weather comes on, perhaps 50 of the 

 strongest colonies will be selected and 

 shipped to the raspberry region. Two 

 or three days before they are to be 

 shipped they will be moved out of the 

 apiary a short distance, and the flying 

 or field-bees allowed to return and join 

 the weaker colonies that remain in the 

 apiary. This course will be taken for 

 two reasons. The full colonies that 

 are to be shipped will stand the con- 

 finement and shipment much better for 

 the removal of these old bees. It is 

 these old bees that worry and make a 

 fuss and die in the hive. The young 

 bees, that have never flown, bear the 

 confinement exceedingly well. The old 

 bees that return and join the weaker 

 colonies will boom them, and they will 

 soon be in a condition for artificial in- 

 crease, to which purpose they will be 

 devoted. If 20 colonies are left, and 

 they are thus re-inforced, it is quite 

 likely that I can, by another fall, in- 

 crease them to 100 colonies— judging 

 by the results of the past season. 



The full colonies will each have an 

 empty upper story placed above, the 

 top of the upper story being covered 

 with wire cloth. The bottom boards 

 will be fastened on, and the two stories 

 fastened together by the liberal use of 

 crate-staples. At least two upper stor- 

 ies of frames supplied with full sheets 

 of wired foundation will be provided 

 for each colony. All these will be 

 loaded into a freight car, and I shall 



