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DECEMBER. 



The hives having been arranged for the winter as 

 directed in the previous month, all that is required 

 during the present month is to see that they are kept 

 dry, and that the bees have their liberty occasionally. 

 If it is desirable to change the location of any hive, 

 it may now be done keeping them closed, however, 

 for about one week ; after which the bees will have 

 less propensity to return to the original stand. The 

 sun should be permitted to shine on the hives, as well 

 as on the ground in front of them, during the fall, 

 winter, and spring. Straw should be spread on the 

 ground in front of the hives, to enable many exhaust- 

 ed bees, that would otherwise be lost, to regain their 

 hive. 



Too much caution cannot be observed to secure 

 the bees from any excitement or interruption of their 

 repose during this and the preceding month. Much 

 of the care that should be given to bees requires but 

 little time, if done at the right time ; and as the labor 

 is light and sure to be well repaid, (if judiciously ex- 

 pended) it will readily be seen that pocket interest is 

 one of the incentives to industry. 



SUITED TO COLD CLIMATES. 

 JANUARY. 



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The bees having received all due care and atten- 

 tion in the fall, to prepare them to endure the rigors 



