. Gleanings in bee culture . ORE FOR THE KEEPERTHAN FOR THE BEES. A Portable Tent for Use in the Apiary; the Se-cret of Avoiding Robbers. BY G. C. GREIXER. In former articles some of our bee-keejiingfriends have expressed their views on theshade question. Some are in fa\or of shade,while others claim that bees will do betterwhen exposed to the all-day sun. I can nottake sides with either party. I dont believethat shade or no shade has any thing to dowith the yield of surplus honey and the gen-eral welfare of a colony, ])roviding the shadeis not too close. If an apiary is located in an apple-or
. Gleanings in bee culture . ORE FOR THE KEEPERTHAN FOR THE BEES. A Portable Tent for Use in the Apiary; the Se-cret of Avoiding Robbers. BY G. C. GREIXER. In former articles some of our bee-keejiingfriends have expressed their views on theshade question. Some are in fa\or of shade,while others claim that bees will do betterwhen exposed to the all-day sun. I can nottake sides with either party. I dont believethat shade or no shade has any thing to dowith the yield of surplus honey and the gen-eral welfare of a colony, ])roviding the shadeis not too close. If an apiary is located in an apple-orchard,or under treesof any kind that are well trim-med below, so that bees can have the bene-Ht of a few hours of morning and eveningsun, especially the stimulating rays of theformer, I should consider it an ideal loca-tion. But if placed in the oi)en I shouldconsider it necessary to have the top of thehive ])rotected against the piercing rays ofthe noonday sun. This may be either atemporary arrangement, like laying a July 15. 1911 431
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