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there is no distinguishing’ shrubbery or 
trees. , 
Many beekeepers arrange their hives on 
the plan shown here, which, as will be 
seen, will work nicely in connection with 
double hive-stands. 
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The stars indicate the entrances. There 
are two lanes, or alleyways; one six feet 
wide for the bees, and one ten feet wide 
for the apiarist and his horse and wagon. 
It will noticed that the hives are arranged 
in pairs, in such a way that they face each 
other with entrances six feet apart. In the 
next alley their backs are toward each oth¬ 
er, with plenty of room for a roadway. 
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Dr. C. C. Miller’s scheme for placing hives. 
If the bees are to be wintered in quad¬ 
ruple winter cases, as described under 
Wintering Outdoors at the close of this 
work, the hives should be arranged in 
groups of four. During the summer time 
the hives are placed from 10 to 15 inches 
apart; .but during the winter they are 
placed inside of the winter cases close to¬ 
gether, back to back and side to side, with¬ 
out any intervening space. They are then 
packed as described under the head of 
Wintering Outdoors. 
In some localities, especially where the 
bees are moved very much, . it has been 
found advantageous to place the hives in 
groups of four by placing the entrances at 
the four corners, as the accompanying dia¬ 
gram will explain, and there is then a little 
less trouble from drifting than where the 
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The hives for summer are placed 12 inches 
apart, and each group 8 feet apart. For winter, 
the hives are shoved close together as shown. The 
objection to the plan is that the operator is sure 
to encounter the flight of bees. If there is no wind¬ 
break from the north, one colony will have its en¬ 
trance facing north. 
hives are placed in pairs with entrances 
side by side. When the bees drift, espe¬ 
cially in spring, one colony in the pair 
may be very strong and the other weak. 
One will be inclined to swarm and the 
other die during fruit bloom. 
S. E. MILLER’S PLAN OP AN APIARY. 
This plan is arranged with a view of 
still greater economy of space, not losing 
sight of the scheme of a highway for bees 
and an alleyway for the apiarist. Instead 
of being in pairs they are arranged in 
groups of five each. Little circles in front 
of the hives indicate the entrances. The 
groups can be from 10 to 20 feet apart; 
but if put exactly 16 feet apart, and the 
hives in the group 18 inches apart, an 
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