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to help them make them better, it old stand, remove the tops, smoke 

 should be our duty to help enlarge the 'bees down, scrape off the tops 

 their list of subscribers. This we can of the frames, lift out the first frame, 

 do in some way, and we will have clean it up all around, and if the 

 better bee-papers, help our fellow comb is two-thirds full of honey, set 

 bee-keepers, ourselves, and all the it in the extra hive body; if not, ex- 

 bee-keeping world. change it for a fuller frame from a 

 WORK IN THE APIARY FOR drawing colony, or some strong one 

 OCTOBER. which has it to spare. Take out the 

 This is the last month in which "^^^ frame and so on, until all the 

 to do bee work this season, and the "'a^es m the hive have been_ cleaned 

 neglect now will develop into losses "P- settmg them back as finished in 

 next season. The colonies contain- ^^e extra hive body as near the 

 ing old queens will run down to ^^"^^ position as possible as in 

 weaklings by spring. The weaklings ^he old hive. Close inspection 

 now will run down to bee motli^ by "^'^^e of each frame, if the rim of 

 spring. So now is the last good ^^°"^y around the brood is heavy, 

 chance to requeen and build up. All P"^ ?" » little frame last; if light, 

 extracting should be done, and the P"^ m a heavy frame last. Clean 

 combs given back to the care of "P the_ top and put it on, looking 

 the bees, and all section honey supers ^° ^^^ " '* "^^ down good all around, 

 taken off, and all sections removed Render • all the scrapings mbo wax. 

 and scraped up. The marketable ones ^t this time a little honey is coming 

 cased and crated ready for market, ^" ^^^^ I'^^te tall flowers, and but 

 and the culls set away for baits next ''^tle danger of robbing, but if you 

 season. Begin preparing the colonies P"^ ^"'s Job off until next spring, 

 thus: Take an empty hive body and '^ will be a bad time to disturb the 

 bottom, and remove the first hive on b^'^s. and cause robbing. An apiary 

 the first row in the apiary, and set it thus treated will winter in the south 

 on a stand or bench just high enough '^" ^he summer stands about 100 per 

 to be convenient; put the extra bot- cent, 

 torn and empty hive body on the Cordele, Ga. 



Bee Caravan in the Caucasian Mountains. 



