LOCATION. 



293 



Sand, gravel, saw-dust* or coal cinders, spread in front of 

 the hive, will prevent the growing of grass in their (343) 

 immediate vicinity, and be a great help to those overladen 

 bees, that fall to the ground before reaching the entrance. 



Hives are too often placed where many bees perish by 

 falling into the dirt, or among the tall weeds and grass, 

 where spiders and toads find 

 their choice lurking-places. 



A gentle slope southward 

 will help to set the hives as 

 they should be, slanting 

 toward the entrance (327, 

 328). 



569. They should be 

 placed on separate stand? 

 entirely independent of or 

 another, and, whenever prai 

 tieable, room should be le 

 for the Apiarist to pas 

 around each hive. We pr( 

 fer to place them in rows si; 

 teen feet apart, with the hives mg. 97. ornamental glass-hive. 

 about six feet apart in the ^^"^ ^"'^^ o^" s"^''- 



rows. This isolates each hive 



completely, and, while handling one colony, the Apiarist is 

 not in danger of being stung by the bees of another. The 

 bees are also less likely to enter the wrong hives (502). 



Covered Apiaries. 



670. Covered Apiaries, unless built at great expense, 

 afford little or no protection against extreme heat or cold, 

 and greatly increase the risk of losing the queens (356), 



* Saw-dnst is perhaps not very safe, owing to danger of fire from the Bmo- 

 kers, in very dry weather. 



