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OUTAPIARIES 1 



Fig. 7. A slope furnishes the most natural windbreak. Dadant home 

 apiarj' where bees have been kept continuously for over forty years. 



the apiary near a wood so that the force of the wind would be 

 broken, or within a double row of shrubbery or evergreens. 



Another good way is to locate on a slope, away from the 

 prevailing winds, which would be usually, in the northern hemis- 

 phere, on a southern or south-eastern slope. This would have 

 the added advantage of giving the bees the sun's rays to keep 

 them warm, though in rare instances t here might be danger of th e 

 bees being enticed to fly when the air was vet too cool, resultin g 

 in a loss of chilled bees outside the hive.. 



Artificial windbreaks are frequently used. High fences are 

 often placed on the north and west of apiaries to turn the wind, 

 while some beekeepers believe that a slatted fence is better. The 

 slatted fence, they argue, breaks the force of the wind while a 

 tight fence deflects the wind upwards, creating a vacuum and 



