374 MONTHLY MANAGEMENT. 



The entrance of the hives should be contracted as 

 the weather becomes cool ; this will protect the bees 

 from cold, and enable them to better guard against 

 their enemies. Care should be taken to destroy 

 moths and thus prevent, in a measure, a numerous 

 progeny of worms in the following spring. 



OCTOBER. 



The season of gathering from flowers is now mostly 

 over. .Hives that have not enough stores should be 

 supplied with full combs, or fed an amount that will 

 last them till the return of spring. The less bees 

 are disturbed, the less trouble there is with robbers, 

 and the better it is for the bees. As the weather 

 grows colder, the entrance should be reduced, as also 

 the ventilating apertures. 



NOVEMBER. 



The harvest is now fully past ; but few days dur- 

 ing the next four months will be so mild or inviting 

 as to induce the bees to go out of their hives. Hav- 

 ing improved the shining hours, they are prepared to 

 safely endure this long confinement with comfort, 

 being surrounded with plenty. 



The bee-keeper has now important duties to per- 

 form in preparing his bees for winter. I recommend 

 letting the hives remain on the summer stands dur- 

 ing the winter. Each hive is to be arranged as fol- 



