BASIS OF PLACING THE APIARY 35 



$25.00 per year for each location for an apiary of 75 to 125 colonies 

 with a cash payment of 75 cents to $1.00 for each swarm hived. 



In any case the agreement should be in writing, copies to 

 be retained both by the landlord and the beekeeper, so that there 

 can be no question later as to terms agreed upon. We give below 

 a standard form for such an agreement which can be altered to 

 suit specific conditions. 



This article of agreement made and entered into this 



day of , 19 . . . . , by and between 



party of the first part and 



party of the second part, witnesseth: 



That in consideration of one dollar in hand paid by the said 

 second party and the stipulations and agreements hereinafter 

 mentioned, said first party hereby agrees to lease to the said 



second party, the following lands to wit acres in the 



part of his home place, for a period 



of years. 



It is hereby mutually agreed that the said land shall be used 

 as an apiary site and for no other purpose except as may be 

 necessary in the care of the bees and the production and market- 

 ing of honey and wax. 



The second party hereby agrees to pay to the first party the 



sum of dollars annually on or before the first 



of July as rental for said premises, with an additional rental of 

 fifty pounds of honey each season that the total production of 

 honey from said apiary reaches two thousand pounds or more 



Said second party agrees to build a suitable fence to protect 

 said apiary from live stock at his own expense and to keep same 

 in repair during the life of the agreement. 



