Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-29
LOCATING THE HIVE.
Bees May Re Kept Anywhere. High {
Low. Indoors or Out.

Low Indoors or Out.
! II does not matter 70 the bees where
they are. but It does matter to the lee.
+ keeper, and therefore bees are placed
! usually where their care and mani-u-
I lation wiz be convenient TO the bee
/ keeper. Lees thrive in the attic. or
/ upper roOIa Of the house, on the YER
anda or its roof, even on the roof OF
/ the house. Indeed, on some accounts
bees are better above the earth than on
its surface. II in any room in the
house. the bees in leaving or returning
To the hive do not fly lower than the
entrance To the room, and hence those
living near are in no danger Of crossing
the path Of the bees
The attic, however. especially the I'M
finished attic. is not a good place for
bees unless well lighted for the bee
keeper and we'll ventilated for the bees
Under the unfinished roof, il will be
very warm in summer, and without
ventilation, the combs may melt down.
A room in the second story is the best
place for bees if there be no site for
them on the ground
In the room the hives are placed with
their backs to the wall on the four
sides of the room, the entrances facing
each other. The windows should be
lowered at the top and raised at the
bottom. To keep out the rain. nail a
lip or flap of leather. oiled or enameled
cloth TO the lower sash of the window
raised and TO the top of the frame of the
window lowered. The lip stands out
from and extends below the opening so
that the rain cannot enter. The win
dows should be shaded so that the sun
will not fall on a hive. between the
upper and the lower entrances, tack
across the windows black cambria or
some dark cloth. There must be good
ventilation all the time. If the room
is corner one with windows on two
sides, it is all the better.
Bees in rooms rarely swarm, and
they thrive as we'll as out of doors.
They have been kept successfully on
the tops of high buildings in the heart
of the city. As to the city as place
for bees, it may be better than some
sections of country A good many
flowers are found in cities and in many
are great many linden or Eastwood
trees that produce the finest honey in
great abundance while the season
lasts.
But as bees travel two or three
miles. often greater distances, the
bees pasture is not confined to the city
limits The only trouble that may
arise in the city is the possible inter
ference of the neighbors of the keeper
Knowing nothing of bees, they may
imagine that SO long as colony of
bees is near, lust the other side of the
fence, their lives are in danger III
make complaint. There have been
many such cases If they were strng
by wasp, the bees would get the
credit. Therefore, if bees in cities or
in closely settled places could be con-
cealed and be not open to public view,
the public, even the next door neigh
Dor. might not know that bees were
there. In a large city on much trav-
eled street, not twenty feet from the
sidewalk, bees are kept and have been
for many years, and probably only the
friends of the beellee Ger know it. In
placing bees anywhere on the ground
the hive should be so arranged that
the bees in leaving or returning to the
hive may not cross the path of a man
or beast, A bee returning to the hive,
weary from long flight, with its load of
honey or pollen, is often angered by
running against some obstruction and
stings Immediately Julia Allyn. in
Ohio Farmer.