STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Apiary of G. B. Willis, Pontiac, R. I. (Moone's Cut.) 



LOCATION OF THE HIVES, 



The hives should be in a somewhat sheltered place, preferably 

 where they get the morning sun and are shaded in the heat of the 

 day. Avoid exposed windy locations. As the prevailing winds in 

 the State are from the west and southwest it has been found advan- 

 tageous to face the hive to the southeast or east. If on flat lands 

 cr low lands, by all means raise the hives about a foot from the 

 ground. It puts them above a stratum of cold fog which in the night 

 often lies six or eight inches deep in such places. 



Having the hives so raised will be found to be helpful in other 

 ways. They are more convenient to work at, are up out of the grass, 

 weeds and dirt, and where sundry vermin will not disturb them. 



Any convenient thinp, wih do to set the hives on, but a stand made 

 of spruce fence-rails after the accompanying design has proved satis- 

 factory in many j-ears of service. The writer prefers a stand which 

 will hold two hives and allow about eight inches between them. See 

 Fig. 1.) So place the hives that the operator can stand beside or 

 behind them. Putting them so it is necessary to work at the front is 

 most undesirable. The legs of the stands should rest on pieces of thin 



