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Remedies: To contract the entrance of the hive; also to place be- 
fore the entrance a cloth soaked with a few drops of carbolic acid or 
asparagus tops or grass. It is sometimes necessary entirely to close 
the entrance to the hive containing the weak colonies or remove it to 
some enclosure away from the robbers. The best course, however, 
is that of precaution. Knowing those things which induce robbing, 
the beekeeper should exercise every care to prevent it. 
The apiary may be placed in the dooryard, in 
Suitable site for the orchard, in the meadow, at the edge of 
an apiary ; woodland, or on a hillside. If the hillside be 
chosen and the hill be of considerable height, it is 
well to have the apiary located about half way up. Bees may be 
successfully kept in 
houses having entrances 
through the sides of the 
building. Bees may al- 
so be kept upon roofs of 
high buildings. Here, at 
the University of Ten- 
nessee, a hive of bees 
set before an open win- 
dow of the third story 
of Morrill Hall has 
done as well as colonies 
on the University Farm. 
Wherever your bees are 
kept, it is necessary to 
have a certain amount 
of shade. An ideal site 
is one which would pro- Fic. 24--THE OrcHARD AS A SITE FOR AN 
tect the bees from the APIARY ; 
midday sun but would 
give them an opportunity of having the morning and late afternoon 
sun. The hives should be more or less protected from the prevailing 
winds. In this State the California privet grows very rapidly and 
will quickly furnish a very desirable windbrake for an apiary. The 
hives should be faced to the east of southeast, with lighting board 
slightly elevated from the support. Several experiments with hive 
stands at varying heights have proved that a low stand is preferable. 
: If the hives are 
8, 10, or 12 
inches above 
the ground the 
heavily laden 
bees returning 
from the: field 
will often drop 
to the ground 
before reaching 
the. entrance, 
losing consider- 
able time, if 
they gain the 
entrance at all. 
If hives are on 
rather high 
stands it is 
well to 
Fic, 25—ArRANGEMENT OF Hives sy Twos slopi ne ce 
trance reach- 
