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Show MUCH PLEASURE FROM BEES Care of Honey-Makers Extremely Fascinating Fas-cinating to Many People and Returns Re-turns Substantial Profit. (By E. F. PHILLIPS.) Beekeeping is extremely fascinating to the majority of people as a pastime, furnishing outdoor exercise as well as Intimacy with an insect whose activity lias been a subject of absorbing study from the earliest times. It has the Good Location for Apiary. R'.'vantage of being a recreation which p::ys its own way and often produces no mean profit. The location of the hives is a matter . of considerable importance. As a rul3 it is better for hives to face away I rum tlie prevailing wind and be pro-trcte'l pro-trcte'l from high winds. In the north, h soi. til slope is desirable. It is advisable advis-able for hives to be so placed that the fit. will strike them early in the morning, morn-ing, so that tlie bees become active early in the day, and thus gain an advantage ad-vantage by getting the first supply of nectar. It is also advantageous to have the hives shaded during the hottest hot-test part of the day, so that the bees will not hang out in front of the hive instead of working. They should be so placed that the bees will not prove a nuisance to passers-by or disturb live ftock. This latter precaution may save the beekeeper considerable .r J A, Feeder set in collar under hive body. B, Division board feeder to be hung in hive in place of frame. trouble, for bees sometimes prove dangerous, dan-gerous, especially to horses. The plot on which the hives are placed should be kept free from weeds, especially in front of the entrances. The grass may be cut with a lawn mower, but it will often be found more convenient and as efficient to pasture one or more head of sheep in the npiary inclosure. The hives should be far enough apart to permit of free manipulation. If hives are too close together there is danger of bees cn-ering cn-ering the wrong hive on returning. These conditions, which may be considered con-sidered as ideal, need not all be followed. fol-lowed. When necessary bees may be kept on house tops, in the back part of city lots, in tlie woods, or in many other places where the ideal conditions i-re not. found. As a matter of fact, lew apiaries are perfectly located; nevertheless the location should be cnrefully planned, especially when a large number of colonies are kept primarily pri-marily for profit. |