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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



ing aborT T>4 weeks from the time the bees commenced 

 working on it, for they do not seem to commence work 

 till after the blossoms have been out some time. 



TIME FOR GIVING SUPERS. 



Y^ou see that I did not commence putting on supers 

 till r2 days after I saw the first clover-blossom, and if I 

 had had only a dozen colonies, I might have waited later, 



Fig. 40 — Original Miller Feeder. 



but with a large number I must commence in time so that 

 all shall be on as soon as needed. Usually I put on supers 

 as nearly as convenient to ten days after seeing the very 

 first white clover blossom. A little time before bees com- 

 mence work in supers, little bits of pure, white wax will 

 be seen stuck on the old comb about the upper part, yet I 

 hardly wait for this, but go rather by the clover. 



Another year (1884), I saw the first clover-blossom 

 on May 21, apple being still in full bloom; and I com- 

 menced putting on supers June 2. One year, I remember^ 

 clover failed on July 4, the earliest l' ever remember. 



