CHAPTER 7. 

 Apiary Management — Spring 



One of the early requirements to which we attend in 

 apiary management is to ascertain that our hives are plumb, 

 from side to side. From front to rear, we want a little slope 

 towards the entrance, so that the bees will have less difficulty 

 in removing rubbish, dead bees, &c. It is also useful in keeping 



Fig. 36. Another Dadant outapiary located on the edge of the Missis- 

 sippi bottoms. The Sack yard 



out the rain water and the melting snow. Where we have 

 cement blocks for hive stands, there is less danger of the hives 

 becoming displaced in winter than where they stand on wooden 

 blocks. 



The first spring examination is cursory. We make it when 

 the bees are taking one of their first flights. The purpose is 



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