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OUTAPIARIES 



Fig. 15. John W. Cash of Georgia finds that fortj' colonies in an apiary 

 is about the limit in his locality. 



while J. J. Wilder of Southern Georgia estimates fifty the maxi- 

 mum. In most eastern and central western locations, success- 

 ful apiarists keep from 75 to 125 colonies, the number being 

 larger as we get into the Rocky Mountain region and the Pacific 

 Coast, always being dependent on the nectar possibilities of each 

 location and the number of other bees to share the pasturage. 



Decoy Hives 



Many outapiarists practice with success, the placing of decoy 

 hives in elevated places throughout the apiary to catch a portion 

 of the swarms which may come out during the absence of the 

 beekeeper. Others so manipulate their liees that the swarms 

 issuing are negligible in rjuantity and not woi-thy of special 

 arrangements. 



