148 A Modern Bee-Farm 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 HOUSE APIARIES, STORE ROOMS, &c. 



IT would be a difficult matter to give hard and fast rules for 

 putting up buildings to suit every bee-keeper. One may 

 have premises that with little or no alteration suit his require- 

 ments. Another may have no room to put up convenient sheds, 

 or the situation is such that any given plan could not be carried 

 out. 



I will therefore give ground plans of buildings, &c.,that I have 

 found to be convenient, and the reader may then make such 

 modifications as may suit his own particular requirements, having 

 the general idea in mind. At 



THE HOME APIARY, 



the buildings are put up with 3-inch by 2-inch scantling as the 

 framework, and f-inch by 6-inch boards, matched and beaded. 

 The roof leans to a stone wall at the back, and is there 10 feet 

 from the ground. The front of the main shed is 6 feet from 

 ground to roof ; the outer store about 4 feet at the front. 



The Workshop 



is 20 feet by 12 feet, with communication to the apiary at D, passing 

 a shallow water tank which is constantly supplied, and has cork 

 dust floating on top for the bees to settle upon. This article, 

 recommended by a correspondent in the British Bee Journal, is 

 more satisfactory than anything I have tried for the purpose. Only 

 the coarser material is used, after the fine dust is sifted from it. 



