. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. 24 BIGGLK HEE liuCJK HOW TO MAKE A START 2r> the roofs of office by janitors, and give a fair return for tlu little attention they require. However, take my word for it and do not go heavily into beekeeping, without the experience and a location that is promising, for while it will give a large re- turn for the time and work recjuired. yet it is not a royal road to. fort ntell une but re(|mres igcnt m a n a g e- nent in many details. \Vh ere the largel} y a matter of cho shall be 1
. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. 24 BIGGLK HEE liuCJK HOW TO MAKE A START 2r> the roofs of office by janitors, and give a fair return for tlu little attention they require. However, take my word for it and do not go heavily into beekeeping, without the experience and a location that is promising, for while it will give a large re- turn for the time and work recjuired. yet it is not a royal road to. fort ntell une but re(|mres igcnt m a n a g e- nent in many details. \Vh ere the largel} y a matter of cho shall be 1 apiary ocated is orchard, other s on the hillsid ice. some placing it in the tions remote from the 1 c. and others in loca- placed. be sure t louse; but where ground and a safe dist f> see that it i with seen and tal M HI easy reach so that emerging s en care of. ver it is s on well-drained ance from the live stock, and warms mav be uiy beekeepers simply a succession of orderlv r'o y arrange their hives vvs. while others h in groups of four or five; but though I h them in tried almost every method I ha to sx^e that one has any advantage over "tlie^ other oce that the vr:\<i< iee yard at night; thi ing the grass d either the b< leep in the IS a very good way of kecp- e never heard of own. and I hav cs or the sheep suffering thereby. It is a good practise to have a stand of some kind for each hive, even though it is only a piece of board at the front and the rear of the hive, as this tends to keep the hive out of the mud when it rains, and adds to the life of the bottom board of the hive, to say nothing of the welfare of the colony. There are soujc hives that have a combination stand and bottom board, but the majority of bee- keepers use either boards or bricks for the pur- pose, finding them cheaper and just as effective. Whatever hive may be adopted, be sure to stick to it as long as it is a success, for it is a nuisance to have different kinds of hives in the
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