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bered that the pasture ground of each apiary is somewhat circular in form, 

 hence they might be moved toward each other to a considerable extent 

 without one encroaching very much upon the other. Dr. Miller has given 

 a very happly illustration: Lay two silver dollars side by side. Lift the 

 edge of one and slide it over the edge of the other. Notice how far it 

 may be pushed over without covering a very large portion of the other. 

 Notwithstanding all this, those who have had experience in the matter 

 are not inclined to place out-apiaries nearer together than four miles, and 

 prefer to have them five or six miles apart. When the team is hitched 

 up and on the road, a mile or two more travel does not take so very 

 much time, and the increased yield may more than make it up. We can 

 not always secure the exact spot desired for the location of an out-apiary, 

 and it would probably be well to go a little further than really necessary, 

 rather than to crowd some other apiary. 



The mode of travel to and from out-apiaries will depend upon cir- 

 cumstances. Seme men have a honey-house, with extractor and kit of 

 tools at each apiary, and ride a bicycle to and from the work, storing the 

 honey at or near the apiary, and hauling it home at their leisure. A few- 

 men have been fortunate enough to be able to locate out-apiaries near 

 some trolley line by means of which they can go and come any hour of 

 the day. Probably the majority find horses the most desirable means of 

 travel, in which case one set of tools will answer for several apiaries. 

 It is even possible to dispense with honey-houses at the apiaries, a tent 

 being carried, and slipped over a light framework kept standing at each 

 yard. A covered wagon is sometimes made to answer as an extracting- 

 room. 



After locating an out-apiary, and deciding upon the mode of travel 

 to and from it, the matter of management brings up several questions. 

 Shall comb honey be produced, or shall the honey be taken in the extracted 

 form ? Shall it be managed upon the visiting plan, or shall a man be kept 

 there during swarming time? I believe that, in the majority of 

 cases, extracted honey is produced in out-apiaries, as by this plan swarm- 

 ing can be nearly controlled, and the apiaries visited only at intervals. 

 Mr. E. D. Townsend, of Michigan, has successfully managed an apiary 

 for extracted honey by visiting it only four times a year. The bees were 

 in ten-frame Langstroth hives. At the approach of the white-clover flow 

 he visited them to remove the packing and put on two upper stories of 

 combs. He visited them twice to extract and again to pack them up for 

 winter. His profits averaged $150 for each visit. He approves of visiting 

 an apiary oftener than this, but his experience shows what can be done. 

 The reason for not visiting this apiary oftener was that it was fifty 

 miles from , home. And this brings up another point in connection with 

 out-apiaries: If they are widely scattered, with varying kinds of pas- 



