. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bee culture; Honey. 220 Beekeeping the spring and fall. The Villemain apiary appears to have been in the poorest location, the range of the bees being restricted by the river, but it was near the only basswood grove in the country and the bees gathered honey in the fall from the islands. The Sack apiary seems to have been too near other apiaries but was actually second only to the Sherwood yard. The bees did not work more than a mile along the bluff but went three miles to the river, having the bottom lands
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bee culture; Honey. 220 Beekeeping the spring and fall. The Villemain apiary appears to have been in the poorest location, the range of the bees being restricted by the river, but it was near the only basswood grove in the country and the bees gathered honey in the fall from the islands. The Sack apiary seems to have been too near other apiaries but was actually second only to the Sherwood yard. The bees did not work more than a mile along the bluff but went three miles to the river, having the bottom lands covered with fall flowers within their range of flight. They were separated from the adj acent apiaries by hills and timber. The two small circles show sites of former apiaries, used before the Sherwood apiary was estab- lished. The bees in the home apiary were only a mile and a half from abun- dant pasturage on an island but did not reach it, although they sometimes went two miles or more in another di- rection. This description of conditions in 1891 l may not represent the condition of the Dadant apiaries to-day. The map, however, shows the locations decided upon in that region by an experienced beekeeper who had kept bees in that district for twenty years. It shows that distance from one apiary to the next is not the sole consideration but that contour of the land, timber tracts and other barriers must be taken. Fig. 97. — Map showing distribution of Dadant apiaries, Hamilton, 111. 1 Dadant, C. P., 1891. Arrangement of out-apiaries. Bee Culture, XIX, pp. 60-61. Gleanings in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951. New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co. , ltd.
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