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Feeding should be attended to during this month. 

 In favorable seasons primary divides may be made, 

 and queen nursery formed during the latter part of 

 the month, and in some cases colonies can be formed 

 to good advantage ; surplus honey boxes may also be 

 put in such hives as are full, if it is intended to let 

 the bees swarm in the natural way. The ventilation 

 should be gradually increased as the hives become 

 crowded and the heat increased. 



APRIL. 



The first swarms issue in the early part of this 

 month, and towards the last of it many may be ex- 

 pected, calling for the close attention of the bee- 

 keeper. 



This is also one of the principal months in which 

 to form artificial colonies ; primary divides are to be 

 made at intervals, so as to supply embryo queens in 

 numbers and at times to suit the condition of the 

 stocks to be divided. The directions given in the 

 Chapter on the Formation of Colonies will apply to 

 this month, as well as to the three following ones. 



MAT. 



This is one of the principal swarming months, and 

 where this plan of increase is relied on, the bees 

 require constant watching in order to secure the 

 swarms as they issue from the parent hive. . The 



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