LOCATION. 



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prefer to place Ihem in rows sixteen feet ajpart, witli the 

 hives about six feet apart in the rows. This isolates each 



hive completely, and, while handling one colony, the Apiar- 

 ist is not in danger of being stung by the bees of another. 

 The bees are also less likely to enter the wrong hives (502). 



