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of different colors. Even varying tlic oolor of the blocks 

 will bo of great usefulness. 



John I\Iills, in a worlc i)ublisheii at London, in 1766, 

 gives (p. lt;i) tlie following direelions: — "Forget not to 

 paint tlie mouths of your colonies with different colors, as 

 red, white, blue, yellow, itc., in form of a half-moon, or 

 square, that the bees may the better know their own liiimes." 



Covered Apiaries are common in Geruianj' and Italy ; 

 their only quality is that of being thief proof, when shut and 

 locked. But such structures, especially when several sto- 

 ries high, cannot easily shelter top-opening hives. 



571. Probably the most convenient covered Apiaries are 

 simple sheds, facing South, and open in front during the 

 Summer and warm days of Winter. House Apiaries, in 

 which the hives are placed in several stories, facing every 

 direction, arc worse than nothing. Their only quality is 

 to be ornamental and costly. 



672. For ease of manipulation, out-door Apiaries are 

 preferable. 



In the Summer, no place is so congenial to bees as the 

 shade of trees, if it is not too dense, or the branches so 

 low as to interfere with their flight. As the weather 

 becomes cool, they can, if necessary, be moved to any more 

 desir ble Winter location. If colonies are moved in the 

 line of their flight, and a short distimce at a time, no loss 

 of bees will be incurred ; but, if moved a few yards, all at 

 once, many will be lost. A slanting board placed in front 

 of the hive, so as to prevent the bees from Hying in straight 

 Mne from the entrance to the field, will incite them to mark 

 the change of their position. By a gradual process, the hives 

 in a small Apiary may, in the Fall, be brought into a narrow 

 compass, so that they can be easily sheltered from the bleak 

 Winter winds. In the Spring, they may be gradually 

 returned to their old positions. 



By removing the strongest colonies in an Apiary the 



