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the spring and fall. The Villemain apiary appears to have 
been in the poorest location, the range of the bees being 
restricted by the river, but it was near the only basswood 
grove in the country and the bees gathered honey in the fall 
from the islands. The Sack apiary seems to have been too 
near other apiaries but was 
actually second only to the 
Sherwood yard. The bees 
did not work more than a 
mile along the bluff but went 
three miles to the river, 
having the bottom lands 
covered with fall flowers 
within their range of flight. 
They were separated from 
the adjacent apiaries by hills 
and timber. The two small 
circles show sites of former 
apiaries, used before the 
Sherwood apiary was estab¬ 
lished. The bees in the 
home apiary were only a 
mile and a half from abun¬ 
dant pasturage on an island 
but did not reach it, although 
they sometimes went two 
miles or more in another di¬ 
rection. 
This description of conditions in 1891 1 may not represent 
the condition of the Dadant apiaries to-day. The map, 
however, shows the locations decided upon in that region by 
an experienced beekeeper who had kept bees in that district 
for twenty years. It shows that distance from one apiary 
to the next is not the sole consideration but that contour 
of the land, timber tracts and other barriers must be taken 
1 Dadant, C. P., 1891. Arrangement of out-apiaries. Gleanings in 
Bee Culture, XIX, pp. 60-61. 
Fio. 97. — Map showing distribution 
of Dadant apiaries, Hamilton, Ill. 
