Show BEGINNERS WITH healthful interesting and profitable occupation selection of atte or apiary of much importance experiment have proved that low stand alway preferable beekeeping may be conducted profitably when managed carefully by putting into practice what has been aund out by experts in the management and use of modern appliances emphasis however should be placed apon the importance of beginning in f small way and developing as ones interest increases the necessary while ample is peculiarly adapted to the business use nothing but a modern faive one that you may open from time to time permitting a study of the condition of the bees the selection of the site for the apiary Is of importance the apiary may be placed in the dooryard in the orchard in the meadow at the edge bee carrying pollen of woodland or on a if the hillside be chosen and the hill be of considerable height it Is well to have the apiary located about halt way up dees may be successfully kept in bouses having entrances through the sides of the building bees may also be kept upon roots of high buildings several experiments with hive stands at varying heights have proved that a low stand Is preferable if the hives are eight ten or twelve inches above the ground the heavily laden bees returning from the field will often drop to the ground before reach ing the entrance losing considerable time it they gain the entrance at all if hives are on rather high stands it is well to have a sloping entrance reach ing nearly to the ground the hives may be arranged separately or in pairs we are using a low stand con two hives with about eight or ten inches between many of the bet ter beekeepers bee keepers are keeping bees after this method and several have the bands single with from five to ten feet between the hives should all face in the same direction and beewen the rows there should be sufficient room for the bees to rise up out of the way of the operator the falve should be placed on a stand nearly level from side to side a very slight tilt forward to allow water to run out in case of a beating rain buckwheat flower pine for the grass should be wept short around the hive eo that the bees may have free access to the entrance As in the case of the site for the hives every step of bee culture should be carefully studied dont go too last first be sure you are right then go ahead dr E P of the united states department of agriculture says that it Is a conservative estimate to claim that the honey bee does more good to agriculture in its office as a cross pollinator than it does aa a honey gatherer many realize this and keep beba solely for the benefits derived from cross bertili batton of the fruit blossoms |