WHERE TO LOCATE THE APIARY.—Chapter VI. 
sage, dandelion, orange, blackberry, raspberry, sourwood, gallberry, button- 
bush, horehound, sumac, cabbage palmetto, tupelo, mustard, basswood, 
maple, willow,. tulip tree, goldenrod, milkweed, fireweed, boneset, aster, 
mesquite, catsclaw, buckwheat and many others. In locating an apiary to 
secure large crops of honey, the bee-owner should not go where there are 
already a large number of beekeepers, as the honey pasturage may be in- 
sufficient, and he may find his neighbors have impure drones or even dis- 
eased colonies that may carry contagion to near-by apiaries. A territory 
of three or four square miles of very excellent bee-pasturage will well sup- 
port a hundred colonies. Ordinarily, a larger range will be required for 
100 colonies. 
For a large apiary a timber range is desirable, or a locality near rivers 
or streams where abound maple, willow, sumac, linden and other trees and 
shrubs, or an alfalfa belt, or mountain-sage range. The beekeeper any- 
where will do well to remember that moving his apiary only a few miles 
will in many cases result in a decided increase in the honey crop. This is 
because the honey plants and kinds of crops grown often differ within a 
distance of a few miles. 
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