Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-13
FARM AND GARDEN.
LOCATING AN APIARY.
Colonies should Not He Placed Too Near
Highway or Street.

Highway or Street.
The person who wishes TO make bee
keeping a sole means of procuring q
living will do well to study well the
honey resources of locality before
locating an apiary. Too many colonies
must not be kept in the immediate vi
cinity, 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
design is - combine Bookkeeping with
some other pursuit, or branch of farm
ing. 4 matters but little where the
apiary is located, as in almost any loca-
ton a few colonies of bees can Ice kept
with both pleasure and profit, especial
ly SO when il is remembered that bees
often go miles To gather honey. So |
would advise that no person who has
n desire to have the most healthful OF
sweets 10 use in the family be deferred
from keeping bees on account of what.
To them. may appear to Ice an insult
able location.
OF course, any farm, no matter how
small, has plenty OF room for few
colonies of bees. But many readers are
engaged in mechanical and other pur-
suits and are living in towns. Ii may
be well to assure them that they can.
right where they are, keep a colony or
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.
il bees are properly managed.
Even in our largest cities bees are
kept with profit. c. f. Muth. of Cincin-
natl. o., has for many years kept bees
on the roof OF his store building with
! profit. Thomas c. Newman, of Chica-
go, ILL.,, has for years successfully kent
his bees near one of the main thorough
! fares of the city where street cars pass
every few minutes. Other instances oi
keeping bees i'm cities could be cited botll
/ in New York and Philadelphia. In one
of the larger towns i'm this county 4
| person has been keeping from 80 20
| 100 colonies of bees on small lot. and
without gaining the i'll will of his
neighbors.
The ideal location would he one with
woods on the west and north for protec-
| ton of the apiary from the cold wintry
winds. especially il said woods con
tanned maple, Eastwood and chestnut
timber. Such location would furnish
honey and pollen i'm abundance. \
/ gradual slope OF the land 20 the south
southeast or cast would also be desir.
able
Where only few bees are kept they
should he located near the house where
the boys and girls could see when a
swarm issues. II an orchard is near
the apiary il would be great help. rs
the nearer they are TO the field the bet
ter
Apple bloom and good weather will
help toward building up colonies for
the white clover crop. II is often the
case that persons fail in getting yieiI
OF white clover honey because of weak
colonies. Without hive overfowinr
with bees large yield of honey need
never be expected.
II might be well TO not place colonies
/ too near the highway or street, unless
there is high fence or hedge which
would cause the bees TO rise i'm their
| flight 10 and fro. and so fly over the Der
/ sons passing.-George Splitter. i'm Ohio
. Farmer