Gleanings in bee culture . -Photoyrapli froin M. C. Lony, Kan-m-s City, ilo. 182 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. ally/ Fig. 2.—Corner of J. L. Byers Cashel apiary as in the two just described. The earlyspring is the time when the fence workshavoc, as often on sunny days mth a coldwind the bees will fly north and drop bythe thousand on the ground (there is oftensnow there when it is all gone in the yard) ;and as the sun does not reach them there,they perish in great numbers. This yardis about the only one that I have an}^ springdwindling in; and the i^eculiar location is,in my mind, partly responsibl
Gleanings in bee culture . -Photoyrapli froin M. C. Lony, Kan-m-s City, ilo. 182 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. ally/ Fig. 2.—Corner of J. L. Byers Cashel apiary as in the two just described. The earlyspring is the time when the fence workshavoc, as often on sunny days mth a coldwind the bees will fly north and drop bythe thousand on the ground (there is oftensnow there when it is all gone in the yard) ;and as the sun does not reach them there,they perish in great numbers. This yardis about the only one that I have an}^ springdwindling in; and the i^eculiar location is,in my mind, partly responsible for this con-dition. I have thought of removing thefence altogether; but as I use quilts, a wind-break is a great convenience, as all willtestify who have tried to work with thebees in the oj^en, when quilts were over thehives, and a liigh wind blowing. Fig. 4 shows the Lovering apiary, 100miles north of my home; but as this yardwas established last summer I can not sayhow the location will prove in the matter ofprotection. However, in my opinion theprotection afforded is just about su
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