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hives. The excited movement of the 

 workers at the entrance of the hive in 

 the interval of the absence of their 

 young queen is a sure guide to her on 

 her return. 



J. M. Harabaugh — By alternating dif- 

 ferent-colored hives, you can keep your 

 bees 4 to 6 feet apart ; yet I would pre- 

 fer a greater distance. In close quar- 

 ters, bees should have a variety of col- 

 ors, markings, etc., to guide them to the 

 proper hive. 



B. Taylor — In my house-apiary the 

 entrances are two feet apart. This year 

 I tried getting young queens fertilized 

 in these, and succeeded in every case. 

 There is no other objection to placing 

 hives two feet apart, except convenience 

 in handling. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — That depends upon 

 surrounding objects as landmarks. With 

 plenty of these, I should say there ought 

 to be no trouble at six feet from center 

 to center. But you can double the num- 

 ber kept on a given space by keeping the 

 hives in pairs. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — If space is vei'y 

 limited, you might place your hives as 

 close as six inches. In fact, I have seen 

 large apiaries where the hives were 

 placed side by side and piled on top of 

 each other, that were worked success- 

 fully and profitably. 



J. E. Pond — I have found no difficulty 

 in placing hives 10 to 12 inches apart. 

 A foot of space between hives I deem to 

 be ample, if care is taken. If bees are 

 kept in a " slip-shod " manner, they will 

 give trouble no matter how they are 

 placed on their stands. 



Allen Pringle — If you have various 

 landmarks, and paint your hives, like 

 Joseph's coat — many and different col- 

 ors — you might place them side by side 

 in touch in the rows, and the rows just 

 far enough apart to admit of convenient 

 manipulation. But if you have more 

 room, give it to them. 



E. Prance— By having the hives differ- 

 ent colors, they can be placed as close 

 as they can be, without clustering to- 

 gether when they lie out in hot weather. 

 I have seen old box-hives on a bench sc 

 cose together that the bees hid all the 

 hives in hot days in August. But when 

 cool weather came, and the bees all went 

 in, some of the hives were left without 

 bees. No doubt they had become queen- 

 less. 



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