APIARY 
03 
J. L. BYERS’ APIARY, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA. 
This iiiis windbreaks on nil four sides; elevation to the north, and woods on the other three sides. The 
hives are completely covered with snow. No harm results from this provided the climate is cold and pro¬ 
vided the snow does not become wet and soggy, and freeze. 
tinctly noticeable that the third row from 
the fence would come out in the spring in 
much weaker condition than the rows 
either to the north or south. Many colo¬ 
nies in the third row died outright. This 
happened several winters. Finally an in¬ 
vestigation showed that, during a blow 
with tine particles of snow, the wind would 
strike the fence, glance upward, and this 
upward blast striking the wind from the 
north would roll like a sort of horizontal 
whirlwind. This would gradually sag 
until it struck the entrances full force fac¬ 
ing south in the third row. This horizontal 
whirlwind apparently seemed to spend all 
its fury on this row of hives, while the 
other rows were left comparatively free. 
Had it not been for the fine snow we should 
never have known the exact course of the 
wind. 
An ideal location is the center of a large 
orchard. The outside rows of trees will 
break the force of the wind so that the 
blast of air will not strike any particular 
hive; or, in other words, the wind as it 
attempts to pass thru among the trees en¬ 
counters so much friction that its force is 
expended. If the hives are placed near 
the outside trees, the wind will sometimes 
dive under the tops. 
A common fence made of rails, [tickets, 
or boards, will help break the force of 
the wind; but in these latter days barbed 
wire is used almost exclusively. It. is best, 
therefore, to locate the hives either in the 
center of the orchard, or, if the orchard is 
small, in an enclosure of low shrubbery or 
bushes under trees. Berry vines, grape¬ 
vines, or trimming's from the trees in the 
form of brush, sometimes answer as a very 
good substitute. 
The apiary may often be located advan- 
