8ELECT1NG APIARY SITES 



Fig. 6. The apiary should be located well above the flood mark of highest 



water. 



High Ground, etc. 



It is not advisable to locate in a marshy basin where there 

 is recurrent danger of standing water and even floods. The 

 apiary should be on fairly high ground, and in all cases, the hives 

 should be placed so they may not stand in the water, or if it is 

 necessary to use such a location, hives should be protected, as 

 they are in sections of Florida, by being raised on scaffolds high 

 enough to be beyond the danger of rising and receding waters. 

 In these instances the roads are water and trips are made by skiff 

 or motor boat. The late 0. 0. Poppleton, long idea hive advocate, 

 was very successful with his Florida apiaries, all of which were 

 located so as to be approached by motor boat. 



Windbreaks 



Especially in northern latitudes where wintering is one of 

 the main problems, it is desirable to so locate the apiary that it 

 will be protected from the prevailing winds. This may be done 

 in one of several ways. Coggshall of New York, advised placing 



