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fts the right. Probably they would not go over twenty 

 feet, and very likely not that, unless the new situation 

 was very conspicuous. If a person had but one stock, 

 very likely the loss woAild be less, as every Bee finding 

 a hive, would be sure to be home, and none killed, as 

 is generally the case when a few enter a strange hive. 



CAN BE TAKEN SOME DISTANCE. 



i When bees are taken beyond their knowledge of 

 country, some two miles or more, the case seems to be 



DANGER OF SETTING STOCKS TOO CLOSE. 



jSomewhat different, but not always without loss, espe- 

 cially if many hives are set too close. They leave the 

 hive of course without knowing that ^e situation has 

 been changed; perhaps get a few feet before strange 

 objects warn them of the fact. When they return, the 

 immediate vicinity is strange, and they often enter 

 their neighbors' domicil. A case in point occurred in 

 ^he spring of '49. I sold over twenty stocks to one 

 person. He had constructed a bee-house, and his ar- 

 rangement brought the hives within four inches of 

 each other. The result was, he entirely lost several 

 .stocks ; some of them were the best ; others were ma- 

 terially injured, yet he had a few made better by the ad- 

 dition of bees from other hives ; (sometimes a stock will 

 allow strange bees to unite with them, but it is seldom, 

 unless a large number enters — ^it is safest to keep 

 Cjach family by itself, under ordinary circumstances). 

 These stocks, before they were moved, had been col- 

 le<^Bg pollen, and had ;th^ir loeajtion well marked 



