The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-09-14
LOCATING THE HIVE.
Bees May Be Kept Anywhere, High or
Low. Indoors or Out.

Low. Indoors or Out.
1t does not matter to the bees where
they are. but it does matter to the bee
keeper, and therefore bees are placed
usually where their care and manipu-
lation will be convenient to the bee
keeper. Bees thrive in the attic, or
upper room of the house, on the ver-
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 IN
finished attic, is not a good place for
bees unless well lighted for the bee
keeper and well ventilated for the bees.
Under the unfinished roof, it 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 Il
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
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 well 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
Yt1ilnS nftan Iigta thn
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 and
make complaint. There have been
many such cases. If they were stung
by wasp, the bees would get the
credit. Therefore, if bees in cities or
in closely settled places could be con-
ccaled ard 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 a 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 beekeeper 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 lee returning to the hive
weary from long fight, with its load OF
honey or pollen, is often angered by
running against some obstruction anc
stings immediately,-Julia Allyn, in
Ohio EnrIan,,