APIARY 
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PART OP THE OLD APIARY OP E. A. DUAX, CHIPPEWA PALLS', WIS. 
This yard is sheltered on the. west and north hy a cedar hedge; but the shade is a little too dense. 
Too much shade does as much harm as too little. t 
mark is at the entrance so that all the bees 
can see it, both on leaving and returning. 
See ARRANGEMENT OF HIVES. 
WINDBREAKS. 
The most perfect windbreak is an in- 
closure of woods on three sides, with an 
opening to the south. This, however, is 
not available to all. An apiary so situ¬ 
ated that there is a clump of woods on one 
side and building's on the other two sides, 
leaving only a southern aspect, is well 
sheltered from the prevailing winds. But, 
as already stated, if there are woods or 
buildings around the east side of the bee- 
yard, enough to shade the hives until 
about noon, the bees will not build up as 
fast in the spring as those that can get 
the morning sun up to 10 or 11 o’clock. 
In the absence of any natural or accidental 
protection whatever, it is highly important 
that some sort of windbreak be provided. 
If it is desirable to put up something per¬ 
manent, and something that will not rot 
out or require repairs, the apiary should be 
outskirted with rows of liardy-growing 
evergreens, such as are,seen in the illus¬ 
tration of the publishers’ apiary shown 
further on. These, for the first few years, 
would afford but a scanty protection; but 
in 10 years’ time they answer their pur¬ 
pose admirably. In 1879 we enclosed our 
apiary with evergreens. They have proved 
Robertson method of shading the hives and the 
entrances in the morning. 
