38 ARRANGEMENT OF THE APIARY 
even destroyed. This sometimes happens even in the shade, 
especially if the hive be not well ventilated. The writer recalls 
an instance where several colonies in new and nicely painted 
hives met with this misfortune, while others in old hives full 
of cracks suffered no injury even though they were in the open 
sun and the unfortunate ones in the shade. It is desirable that 
the bees be so situated that there is always free circulation of 
air among the hives in warm weather. Large entrances greatly 
Fig. 20.—A well-arranged apiary in California. 
assist, and in very warm weather lifting the cover an inch 
and placing a block under it will also be of much help. When 
the bees begin to cluster on the outside, it is usually from lack 
of room to store or from lack of ventilation. In either case the 
need should be supplied to prevent loafing or untimely swarming. 
Spacing the Hives.—It is a common practice to set the hives 
close together in long rows. This plan is not to be commended, 
because of the danger of queens entering the wrong hive and 
being destroyed. Neither is this plan satisfactory to the attend- 
