ARRANGEMENT SITE ENEMIES. 



one bee could enter at a time, and the besieged 

 were, therefore, able to beat off the besiegers with 

 the loss of a very few lives. 



The hives should be ranged in a right line, front- 

 ing, as has been said, the S.E. or S.W. They 

 may be placed two feet apart, and about the same 

 distance from the ground. Should the apiary be 

 extensive, and the hives stand in double rows, Mr. 

 Huish advises the chequered form 

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In which mode, the flight of the bees in the 

 hinder row will not be obstructed by the front hives. 

 A bee taking flight from the hive generally forms 

 a considerable angle with the horizon in his ascent ; 

 and should the hive stand at too great a degree of 

 elevation, the advantage would enable the swarm to 

 take so extensive a flight, that they might be totally 

 lost. But if the site be not sufficiently extensive 

 to admit of the hives being placed in a right line, it 

 is preferable to set them one over another in double 

 rows. The pedestal or stool should have but a 

 single leg or support, and its top, on which the hive 

 is to stand, should be made of seasoned and sub- 

 stantial wood, which will not warp, and wITich should 

 be firmly nailed to the post, in a slanting direction, 

 in order that the rain may run off, all stagnant 

 moisture being highly inimical to bees. 



Every possible method should be taken to pre- 

 vent the access on the lodgment, in, or near the 

 hive, of the various ENEMIES of the bee ants, moths, 

 spiders, wasps ; of these the MOTH and the ANT are 

 the most destructive. Many birds, also beside the 



