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being raised in the main apiary, so as to allow the young queen to 

 locate her hive when returning from flying out ; but in all cases avoid 

 placing them so that the prevailing winds would blow in at the 

 entrance. 



A serious mistake is often made in placing hives too close together. 

 Fighting and robbing among the bees is much more likely to take 





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place under such conditions than when the hives are a suitable distance 

 apart. They should be 6 ft. apart in the rows, and the rows 8 ft. 

 apart. There is thus ample space to work at any hive without standing 

 in the line of flight to or from any other hive, and a lawn-mower 

 or scythe can be used anywhere about the apiary. 



