HONEY-HOUSES AND EQUIPMENT 



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Fig. 52. A temporary house in use in a Texas apiary system. 



it will be handiest at the side of the apiary, or at the back, rather 

 than in the center or in front, and doors should be so located as 

 to give best results both for hauhng in from the apiary and for 

 loading and hauling honey away. 



Types of Houses 



Where a fairly good building is available it will hardly be 

 necessary to build specially. When comb honey is raised or if 

 extracting is done centrally, it wi.l only be necessary to have a 

 house large enough for storage. In fact many apiaries are handled 

 without any honey house at all. In the migratory sy.stem 

 this is the rule rather than the exception. Yet some sort of a 

 shelter should be provided for extra equipment if it is to be left 

 out for any length of time. 



Temporary Houses 



The temporary cloth house is used by many where the apiary 

 is located only for a short time. Many years ago, in the France 



