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cannot blow it off. These covers are to remain thus 

 till the return of warm weather the following year, 

 when they are again to be elevated. 



These covers will not need to be removed in ordi- 

 nary seasons before the middle of April or the first 

 of May, when they are again to be elevated, as shown 

 in plate xxvni. 



NOVEMBER. 



Bees have now closed their labors, both in the 

 fields and in their hives, where they remain tranquil ; 

 very few are rearing brood, and on applying the ear 

 to the hive, scarcely any sound is perceptible. The 

 temperature is suffered to fall to a much lower degree 

 than at any other season, and they remain in a semi- 

 dormant state. When the weather is warm, they 

 arouse, and have a play once in every few days, 

 especially just before or after a storm. 



Early in this month the hives should be prepared 

 for winter, as follows : remove all the surplus honey 

 boxes, whether full or not, and store them in a dry 

 place, until wanted in the following spring ; the aper- 

 tures in the honey-board are to be left open. Old 

 clothes of any kind, dry moss, or other substance that 

 will not be offensive to the bees, but will absorb a 

 large amount of moisture, is to be placed loosely in 

 the chamber, in such a manner that the steam pass- 

 ing up through the apertures, can pass through and 

 be absorbed by the material. Whenever this becomes 

 saturated, replace it with that which is dry. If there 



