The Apiary Site 
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Since bees may be kept on roofs, in woods and in other places 
lacking many desirable features, it will be seen that it is not 
profitable to consider the desirable features too seriously. 
Another distinction should be made. If the out-apiary is 
permanent, it will pay better to plan the location thoroughly. 
However, many commercial beekeepers, especially those 
outside the white clover belt, find it well to change the loca¬ 
tions of their out-apiaries to meet changing conditions in 
the region and they therefore do not find it profitable to con¬ 
sider the conveniences in equipment and in apiary planning 
to any great extent. To the commercial beekeeper the 
only essentials are the things which bring the greatest 
return. The amateur can better afford to spend time cut¬ 
ting grass and arranging hive stands since his living does not 
depend on the crop and he has fewer colonies for which to 
plan. 
