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Fig. 3. — Coiner of J. L. Bj-er"s home apiary. 



fied that it can be done, to the limit of the 

 number of frames of bees on hand Sept. 1, 

 and of windoAvs available, if there is a room 

 where the heat can be controlled as desired. 

 This work can be begun at any time dur- 

 ing the winter by moving a colony inside 

 and furnishing the neeessarj^ temperature of 

 about 70 degrees per flying cage. The bees 

 must be fed sugar syrup, rye flour, and 

 water every day. Thus treated the queen 



will begin lapng in about three weeks, and 

 keep it up as long as fed. Pollen, or a 

 substitute, such as rye flour, is as necessary 

 to keep the queen laying as syrup and wa- 

 ter. Feed should be given evei'y day, and 

 two or three times a day is better. If the 

 feeding is stopped for a few days the queen 

 will stop laying, and it takes four to six 

 days to get her started again. My experi- 

 ence has been that a queen will do just as 



RPlftRY 



FlO. 4, — J. L. Byer's " Levering " apiary in winter quarters. 



