Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-05-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
LOCATING AN APlARY.
Colonies Should Not De Placed Too Nea
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Colonies should Not Dc Placed Too Near
Highway or Street.
The person who wishes to make bee
keeping sole means of procuring q
living will do we'll to study well the
honey resources of locality before
locating an apiary. Too many colonies
must not be kept in the immediate vi
.iplty, as there is danger Of overstock-
ing, and If location can be found
where there will be a succession Of
bloom from carly spring until late in
the fall, success, with the right man
agement, will be assured. But If the
lesign is to combine Bookkeeping with
some other pursuit, or branch of farm
ing, it matters but little where the
apiary is located, as in almost any loca-
ton few colonies of bees can be kept
with both pleasure and profit, especial
ly so when it is remembered that bees
often &C miles to gather honey. So |
would advise that no person who has
desire to have the most healthful of
sweets to use in the family be deferred
from keeping bees on account of what,
to them, may appear to be an insult
able location.
OF course, any farm, no matter how
small, has plenty of room for a few
colonies of bees. But many readers are
engaged in mechanical and other pur-
suits and are living in towns. 1t may
be well to assure them that they can,
right where they are, keep colony OF
a few colonies of bees, and, besides the
pleasure in caring for them, they can
secure for themselves honey to use, and
perhaps some to spare. This, of course,
If bees are properly managed.
Even in our largest cities bees are
kept with profit. G. +. Muth, of Cincin'
natl, O., has for many years kept bees
on the roof of his store building with
profit. Thomas G. Newman, of Chica
GO, ILL.,, has for years successfully kert
his bees near one of the main thorough
fares of the city where street cars pass
every few minutes. Other instances o.
keeping bees in cities could be cited boil
in New York and Philadelphia. In ont
of the larger towns in this county :
person has been keeping from so II
100 colonies of bees on small lot, AM
without gaining the ill will of hi
neighbors.
The ideal location would be one witt
woods on the west and north for protec
ton of the apiary from the cold wintr,
winds, especially if said woods con
tanned maple, Eastwood and chestnu
timber. Such a location would furnish
honey and pollen in abundance. !
gradual slope of the land to the sout.
southeast or cast would also be desil
able.
Where only few bees are kept the,
the boys and girls could see when
swarm issues. II an orchard is nea
The apiary it would be great help, a
the nearer they are to the field the bet
ter.
Apple bloom and good weather vii
help toward building up colonies TO
the white clover crop. 1t is often tn
case that persons fail in getting yiel
of white clover honey because of wea
. colonies. Without hive overfowin
= with bees large yield of honey nee
never be expected
1T might be well to not place colonic
!. too near the highway or street, unles
' there is high fence or hedge whic
; would cause the bees to rise in thei
: fight to and fro, and so fly over the pel
: sons passing.-George Splitter, in Obi
l Farmer