CHAPTER 6. 



Our Apiaries 



Our home apiary, where bees have been kept continuously 

 since 1864, is not in an ideal location for honey. In fact it is 

 only ideal for its sheltered position, in a gentle slope to the 

 southeast, under shading forest trees, which yet do not prevent 



Fig. 31. A Dadant outyard. The Poland Apiary 



the rays of the morning sun from striking the hives. We consider 

 shade very useful, in the hot summer climate of Illinois. At 

 one time we thought we had too much, as it had become very 

 dense. The bees had had several poor crops and we were in- 

 clined to ascribe the inactivity of the colonies to too much 



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