Show I 1 AND PLEASURE IN BEE ry I 1 I 1 11 0 4 A well arranged apiary beekeeping tor for pleasure and profit la to carried on by many thousands of people in all parta parts of the united states there are many place places here where an experienced beekeeper can make a good etring by devoting hie his entire time and attention stten Uon to this line of work it in usually unwise however to undertake extensive exten eire beekeeping the IL 8 department of agriculture ay says without considerable previous experience on a email small ecale scale since thera are so 0 o many minor detail details which go to make up success the average annual honey yield per colony for the entire country under good management will probably be twenty five to thirty pounds of comb honey or forty to fifty pounds of extracted honey the he latter being more productive owing to the act fact that the comb Is used repeatedly instead of being made anew by the bece bees each time the money return to be abt led from the crop on the market and the method of selling the honey if it bold sold direct to the colsum er extracted honey brings from ten to twenty cents per pound and comb honey boney from fifteen to twenty five cent centz per section if sold to dealers the price varies from six alx lx to ten cent cents for extracted honey and from ten to fifteen cente cents for comb L h icy the location of the hives bires Is a matter of considerable conald erable importance As a rule it la Is better for hives to face away from the prevailing wind and to be protected from high winds in the north a couth south slope la Is desirable deel rable it ie Is advisable for hives to be so placed that the sun will phlim early in the morning so that the bees become active early in the day and thus gain an advantage by getting the first r ten frame hive with comb honey super and perforated zinc queen excluder supply of nectar it la Is also addan tage tadeous ous to have the lives abadea during durins the hottest part of the day go that the bee bees will not hang out in front at of the hive hire instead of working they should be so placed that the bees will not prove a nuisance to passers by or disturb live stock thia latter precaution may ears the beekeeper considerable trouble for bees sometime prove dangerous dang orous elpeda especially fir to horses bees ae leo sometimes an tn to the early spring for on their first flights th they ey may spot clothes hung bung out to d dry ry thia this may be remedied by removing the been beem from the collara rf on day days when no clothe clothes are to be hang hung out the plot on which the hives are placed should be kept free from weeds especially in front of the en trance trances the grass may be cut with a lati mower but it will often be found more conco convenient and as efficient to 0 o pasture one or more mote head bead of sheep la in the inclosure the hives should be far enough apart to permit of f free re e manipulation rf ft hives are too close so together there ts a danger of bees entering the wrong hive hire on resuming especially in the spring As a rule it Is not tot Consi considered derei bast to keep more than one hundred col onles dates in one apiary and apiaries r 1 e s should be at least two miles apart p a r t are so many factors to be con however that hat no general rule lobe laid down the only way to kan flaw eany mady colonies any given oven Iii locality WaIlly will Is to stud aoudy Y the thil honey nor flors and the recoil of that place the beekeeper must abend then do cide c ade for himself the beat number to be kept and where they shall be placed hives the type of hive most generally used la in this country consist consists of of a laan plain wooden box holding frames hung from a rabbet at the top and not touching the idee sides top or bottom hives of this type are made to bold hold eight ten or more frame frames whatever hive Is chosen there are certain important points which should be insisted on the material materiale should houll be 0 the best the part pads must bo be ae curatelo cura tely made so that all frames of or I 1 hires hives in the apiary are interchangeable all hives should be of the spring bee escape same style and she alse and should be a as simple as in it la Is possible pos to make them to facilitate operation A As a rule it Is to better to bur hives 1 and frames from a manufacturer of such f rather than to try to make mak them unless one Is to an eipert expert woodworker hives should be painted to protect them from the weather it Is usually desirable to use white paint to pro rent reat heat in the colony hot weather other light colors are eat sat Is factory but it Is to best to avoid red or black hive stand stands generally it Is bt t to bave bays each hire on a separate stand the en ein trance should le be lower than any other part of the hive stands of wood bricks tile concrete blocks or any other convenient material will an the purpose the hive hire should be raised above the ground so that the bottom will not rot tot it Is a usually not necessary to raise nise the hive more mora than a few inches fin ches directions Direct lans for manipulations bees should be bandied handled so that they will be little disturbed la in their work As much as possible tings stings should be avoided during manipulation this Is true not so much because they are ar painful to the operator but because the odor of poison which gets into the air irritates the other bees and makes them more difficult to manage for this reason it Is most advisable to wear a black tell yell over a wide brimmed hat and to have a good smoker gloves however are usually more an inconvenience than other wise gauntlets or rubber bands around the cuffs keep the bees from crawling up the sleeve it Is in best beat to avoid black clothing since that color seems to excite bees a black felt hat bat Is especially to be ba avoided superfluous quick move movements monts tend to irritate the bees the hive should not dot be jarred J or disturbed any more than necessary rapid movements are because bause with their peculiar eye structure beca bees probably perceive motion more readily read fly than they do objects persona not it tt accas cus tomed often to bees on approach approaching A hive strike at bee bees which fly toward them or make some quick of the head or hand to avoid movement the sting which they fear la is to follow thil should not be done for the IID rapid d movement even if not lot toward the bee Is to far more likely to be followed a sting by than Is a remaining quiet quiel tin best time to handle ing the bees Is dur middle of 0 krana days during a honey flow novel c J knives for uncapping honey handle bees at night or on cold days unless wet work ork of a beginner absolutely necessary le cerY the 15 may be much easier and M aj keeping ket pling gentle bee more pleasant by cam an canals bat caucasian caucasians and an 1 l colne om of lt leans ans ordinarily strains much do not tin 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