136 ADVANCED. BEE CULTURE. 



H@tis© A.pmrieg. 



<^Trs>^ HOUSE apiary, as indicated by its name, is an apiary kept 

 JLA \ in a house, the bees passing out through openings in the 

 /[ W walls. Formerly, the hives were built, permanently, in the 

 house; the shelf upon which they set forming the bottoms, 

 the walls of the building forming one side, and each division board 

 between any two colonies forming one wall for both colonies. 

 Eventually it was discovered that building the hives into the build- 

 ing in this stationary manner curtailed or complicated many of the 

 manipulations. B^or instance, if a colony swarmed, and it was desir- 

 able to hive the swarm upon the old stand, moving the parent colony 

 to a new stand, it could be accomplished only by removing the combs 

 one by one, and carrying them to a new location. When the ordin- 

 ary hives are used, any colony' can be picked up and carried to any 

 location. A swarm can be hived out of doors, then the hive picked 

 up and carried into the house. Still another point: Some bee-keep- 

 ers like a house apiary for summer, but find it a very poor place in 

 which to winter bees, hence they build a cellar under the house, and 

 winter the bees in the latter, this course being possible only when 

 the hives are movable. 



It will be seen that although we have a house apiary, we also 

 need the regular hives, just the same as though they were to be kept 

 out of doors, with this exception, that if they are to .be used exclu- 

 sively in the house, they may be made of cheap lumber and left un- 

 painted. The same may be said of the supers or upper stories. If 

 we must have regular hives, why have a house apiary? Well, here 

 are some of the advantages: The house can be locked against thieves; 

 the colonies, apiarist and his tools are brought close together, and 



