THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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Two hives facing the north, three facing 

 the east, two the south and three the 

 west. Now, if we have three groups in 

 a row, and three rows, we shall have 

 ninety hives in a ver}- compact body and 

 yet so arranged that we can have ample 

 passage ways between the groups, and the 

 bees can with little difficulty recognize 

 their own group and then their own hive. 



Reference has been made in some of 

 our bee journals within the last year or 

 two to the numbering of hives. While a 

 few hives may be run sviccessfully with- 

 out numbers, I scarcely see how several 

 large apiaries can be run without serious 

 I01S, unless one persju is con.stantly on 

 hand at each yard to watch them, or else 

 they are so located that each number or 

 hive can be quickly located and reniem- 

 I)ered. This system of grouping, if we 

 let each group be numbered the same, 

 greatly simplifies the matter; for, if we 

 let the two hives facing the north repre- 

 sent ; and 2, and those facing the east 3, 

 4, and 5, those south 6 and 7, while those 

 facing the west 8, 9, and 10, we shall 

 know just where to find these hives. 

 Now, if the first group in the first row 

 take the first ten, the second group the 

 second ten, or up to twenty, the third 

 group will take the twenties, and the 

 first of the second row the thirties, and 

 so on to the end, you will see we can go 

 to any particular hive or number in the 

 darkest night without the slightest diffi- 

 culty. While I can readily remember 

 the condition of many hives from their 

 location, I like to go by numbers; for 

 there are many things I want to note 

 down; especially is this true when I have 

 several hundred hives and take care of 

 all of them myself with perhaps one man 

 to assist me. 



What I use for a record book and how 

 I keep my records will be told in another 

 ])aper. 



MiDDLEHURV, Vt. June 20, 1898. 



QUEEN REARING ON A LARGE SCALE. 



Description of an Apiary Containing Fi\ 

 Hundred Nuclei. 



H. G. QUIRIN. 



"nRIEND H.— 

 jg^^f. ^^^ photo of 



A^^: % my apiary was mail- 



ed 3^ou on Friday, 

 the 24th. As will 

 be .seen, the shot 

 was taken from an 

 elevated position; 

 the camera being 

 placed on a wind- 

 mill tower which is 

 about centrally lo- 

 cated among the bees. Right down in 

 front of the tower was an apple tree; the 

 Cop branches showing in the photo. The 

 foot-path through the open gate leads di- 

 rectly to the honey house, or house where 

 all general work is done. The house is 

 not visible, except a small white spot 

 showing above the tree tops, which is the 

 chimney. The house is a one and a half 

 story, with three rooms below. One of 

 the rooms has a stove in it so that we 

 are independent of the weather in hand- 

 ling cells. Just beyond the house, and 

 in the farthest left hand corner, is the 

 solar wax extractor. On the south side 

 of each nucleus is a nice large stalk of 

 catnip. This catnip was planted last 

 spring for the purpose of furnishing the 

 nuclei with shade during the middle of 

 the day and yet allow them plenty of sun, 

 as I find that nuclei will not do so well in 

 either a dense shade or when right out in 

 the open where the sun has full swipe at 

 them during the hottest part of the day. 

 Some of the catnip is two to three feet in 

 height, and partly hides from view some 

 of the nuclei. Just beyond the first pick- 

 et fence can be seen part of the queen 

 rearing hives. But few of the hives ap- 

 pear in the picture on account of the 

 trees. I might also add that only a ver\- 



