Chapter 7

THE APIARY.

Its location, 132 Decide Early, 133 Bees mark their location on leaving the hive, 134 Changing stand attended with loss, 134 Can be taken some distance, 135 Danger of setting Stocks too close, 135 Space between Hives, 136 Small Matters, 136 Economy, 137 Cheap arrangement of stands, 138 Canal Bottom-board discarded, 139 Some advantage in being near the earth, 139 Utility of Bee-Houses doubted, 141