CHAPTER VI 



HOW TO START BEE-KEEPING — HIVES AND 

 TOOLS — TRANSFERRING BEES 



XT is a mistake to imagine that bee-keeping 

 -■- can be carried on successfully in the 

 remote country districts alone, for a large 

 percentage of those engaged in this profitable 

 and interesting work reside in suburban 

 towns, and in some instances dwellers in large 

 cities have successful apiaries located on the 

 roofs of office buildings. 



Another popular fallacy is the idea that 

 only those secticMis of the country are suitable 

 where some specific honey-producing blossom 

 abounds in large numbers, such as alfalfa, 

 sweet clover, basswood, and buckwheat. 

 While it is true that those beekeepers who are 

 located in such favorable sections are reason- 



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