14 APIARY. 



to the dimenfions of the \\ive floods, to reft 

 thereon : they are to be fixteen inches above 

 the earth, and the tops to be upon a levels 

 with each other. 



The Hands mould be three or four %t 

 diftant from one another, and from any- 

 wall or fence, in uniform rows, for the api- 

 ator's conveniency of managing each flock ; 

 nor mould the hives be fet higher than fix- 

 teen inches, in the flory method j for then 

 their height would be attended with many 

 difficulties, Where perfons have many 

 flocks, it is better to divide them into feveral 

 gardens, as being too numerous in one, fre- 

 quently occafions quarrels : eight or ten in 

 one place are enough. 



Water is necefTary near an apiary in a 

 long feafon oj 'dry weather. Put the water in 

 a broad difh, covered with fmall flones, or 

 duck-weed, to affift the bees in drinking, 

 without wetting their wings, or being 

 drowned. 



In very windy fituations, efpecially near 

 the fea, or great rivers, numerous bees are 

 jdeftroyed, by being blown therein, and 

 others very much injured and hindered, by 



being 



