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attention is required by any of the stocks in the apiary. 

 To the above Hst of stores should be added a packet of 

 Naphthol Beta, Is., and a box of Naphthaline, Is., foul 

 brood remedies, which should be at hand in every 

 apiary. 



Location op the Apiaev. 



Most unsuitable places are often given to the apiary, 

 whereas considering its importance more thought 

 should be given to the selection of the site. While a 

 nice open spot not too sheltered from the sun, though 

 as much as possible from the north and east, is best, 

 it should not be where there is constant traffic. A 

 rather low position on rising ground should be chosen 

 if we are to render the return of heavily-laden bees 

 easy. The ground upon which the hives stand must 

 be kept free of weeds, and a few feet in the front 

 should be kept clean and clear of crops. A lady who 

 recently commenced bee-keeping by buying five stocks 

 placed them at the middle of one side of the tennis 

 lawn, fully beheving that play would go on uninter- 

 ruptedly, but a move of the stocks to another part of 

 the garden had to take place before much tennis was 

 indulged in. 



The entrances of the hive should face the south or 

 south-east, and the hives should be placed so that a 

 path is immediately behind them. In many gardens 

 hives are so placed all round without annoyance to 

 any one, unless it be the gardener who works in the 

 front of the hives at times the bees consider unsuit- 

 able. 



