Cooperative Work with Columbia Ui«riVERsiTY 419 



In the South, where a warm temperature prevails the year 

 around, they pursue tlieir daily round of toil with one instinctive 

 purpose — that of propagating the species. In any locality they 

 can gather stores only during the flowering season and favorable 

 weather. 



life HABITS OF BEES SHOULD BE STUDIED 



The science of beekeeping consists in a knowledge of the natural 

 laws and life habits of bees, and success depends upon an intelli- 

 gent application of those laws to our peculiar location and environ- 

 ment. 



Fig. 56 ;j. — Examining the Bbood Frames — A Housetop Colony 



We must consider the flora and the time of its bloom in our 

 locality and have our colonies of bees in the proper condition to 

 gather the supply of nectar when it is in the flowers. 



" We must have our dish right side up when it rains porridge." 

 This can be done by manipulating our colonies so as to have a 

 large force of working bees ready for work at the proper time. 

 It is as natural for bees to gather stores and produce honey when 

 conditions are favorable as it is for grass to grow or water to run. 



As the cow produces milk to feed the growing calf ; as the hen 

 lays the egg for the purpose of producing chicks ; as trees, plants, 



