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danger of overstocking if another live beekeeper with a series of 

 apiaries establishes himself in this locality. 



Although there is no law preventing overstocking or protecting 

 the old estabhshed beekeeper in his location against the rew, yet 

 it is a pretty well observed unwritten law that an already estab- 

 lished beekeeper should be protected in his rights of pasturage 

 in the vicinity surrounding his apiaries. Besides, it would be 

 folly to begin new apiaries under such handicaps, since the per 

 colony production would not only be cut down for the established 

 man, but for the newcomer as well. 



The specific question as to what overstocking of a locality 

 is, will be treated in another chapter. 



It would be our advice to the new beekeeper to consider well 

 before setthng in a section already taken up by extensive bee- 



Fig. 4. Bees gathered around two buckets of rye chop which had been set 

 out in early spring during a dearth of natural pollen, 



