360 MONTHLY MANAGEMENT. 



The removal of fall boxes and supplying of empty 

 ones should be promptly attended to, and continual 

 care taken to so arrange the combs that new ones 

 will be built in proper shape. 



All hives that are not strong should be made so 

 without delay ; in fact, all equalizing should be com- 

 pleted by the last of this month. Colonies can be 

 formed in this month to do well, where there are but 

 few bees ; yet it will in most cases prove a loss in the 

 end. It is much better economy to permit them to 

 make honey for market ; they are then in superior 

 condition to endure the winter, and in the spring, 

 one such hive is worth as much as three weak ones ; 

 the attention required is also much less for the former 

 than for the latter. 



If possible, the apiary should be so managed that 

 before the first of August all the hives should have 

 their main apartments filled with comb ; for most of 

 the comb built during the earlier portion of the sea- 

 son is constructed for brood, and hence will be straight 

 and regular. And also, as is elsewhere shown, combs 

 that have been used for rearing brood promote the 

 health of the bees during winter. 



Another advantage gained by this plan of manag- 

 ing is, that most of the early constructed comb will 

 be filled with honey during this and the preceding 

 months. .This summer-made honey is usually of a 

 much better quality than that made during the fall 

 season ; consequently, is a more wholesome food for 

 the bees. 



