CHAPTER XXV. 



MONTHLY MANAGEMENT. 



IT is the design of this chapter to direct the bee- 

 keeper to such a course of treatment as is best 

 adapted to the wants of the bee during each partic- 

 ular month of the year. 



The reader will bear in mind that the habits and 

 instincts of the bee are the same in all countries and 

 climates ; therefore the same system of management 

 is applicable to all, being varied only to meet the dif- 

 ference in climate. In warm climates the summers 

 are long, and in cold ones short, the winters being 

 vice versa. This renders two courses in the same 

 system of treatment necessary. 



I therefore propose to give two series of monthly 

 management, making the two points where I have 

 had experience, the bases. Sacramento, California, 

 will represent such portions of the States as have 

 but little snow ; while western Pennsylvania, lati- 

 tude 41 North, longitude 3 West of Washington, 

 the field of my earlier experience, will represent 

 those having cold winters, with frequent snows. 



In order to fully understand the following direc- 

 tions, the reader should first study the preceding chap- 



