TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF HONEY IN 191t>. 



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bees will be taking care of brood in third and fourth supers, and 

 field bees will be attracted to the lower brood chamber, where the 

 queen has plenty of room to lay. 



Now you must look for queen cells in the third and fourth 

 supers and cut them out, or you can use them in making increase 

 if you wish. You will find as fast as the brood is hatched your 

 supers will be filled with honey, and if more are needed put the 

 empty one next to the brood chamber. 



Apiary at St. Paul, on place of J. Alf. Holmberp. 



Leave honey on the hive until well ripened. With this 

 method I only had three swarms, and this season was a hard one 

 in which to control swarming. My bees also drew out over four 

 hundred combs this season. 



What About Your Backyard? — The soil is probably hard and unyield- 

 ing as lacking in plant-food. If you want to have a garden or even a lawn, 

 you'll have to get to work early next spring, or sooner, if the ground isn't • 

 frozen. Spade thoroughly. Work over the upper three inches with hoe 

 and rake. Break all clods fine, take out stones and rubbish, and add a dress- 

 ing of manure. Work it into the soil well, until it is like part of the soil. 

 Arrange to add your fertilizer early and work it well into the soil. First, 

 however, get the soil in good physical shape by the above method of prepara- 

 tion. 



