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APIARY WORK IN FEBRUARY. 

 The remainder of the supplies should be set up and in readiness during 

 the first part of the month. If bees are to be moved it should be done during 

 this month. If the weather warms up during the latter part of the month, 

 all colonies should be carefully gone through, and their condition noted dur- 

 ing the warmer parts of the days when bees are flying briskly. By this time 

 the rearliest pollen-plants are in full bloom, and breeding is going on at a 

 rapid rate if the weather permits; and if the first honey-plant will begin to 

 bloom in about six weeks it should be under headway. If pollen is coming 

 in rapidly, and no honey, and there are any colonies not spreading their brood 

 as rapidly as they should, feed them a little. 



APIARY WORK FOR MARCH. 



There should be a good many warm days in this month, during which all 

 colonies should be looked through carefully again, and their condition noted ; 

 and if any of them are running short of stores, feed them ; and if any arc 

 behind in brood-rearing, insert an empty clean comb in the middle of the 

 brood-nesf ; if it has a rim of honey along the top-bars and end-bars it will 

 not hurt; and when they are given the frame, still continue to feed them 

 slowly. In three days look over the colony again ; and if the inserted frame is 

 full of eggs, lift it out and set it on the outside of the last frame which has 

 brood in it ; then insert another frame, and in three days remove it and 

 set it on the other side of the hive beyond the last frame of brood on that 

 side: then insert another frame of empty comb, and keep up feeding. By 

 the latter part of this month all colonies should be .«>trong in bees, and rear- 

 ing a lot of brood. 



APIARY WORK FOR APRIL. 

 During this month honey-plants will be blooming in almost all sections 

 of the South, and all hives should be boiling over with bees, and the brood- 

 apartment full of young bees in all stages of development ; and as soon as 

 the honey -plants begin to bloom, put the supers or top stories on; then don't 

 molest the bees any more than you can help while they are storing honey ; for 

 it will detain them in their work ; and don't let them fill the supers and need 

 store-room ; but don't give them too much room to heat up. 



APIARY WORK FOR MAY. 

 In many locations in the South, the honey-flow will extend on through 

 this month. By the first of this month we usually have settled warm weather, 

 and great progress should be made by 'the bees. Well-filled and capped-over 

 frames of honey can be extracted, and finished supers of honey can be 

 removed. 



APIARY WORK FOR JUNE. 

 By the first of this month the honey-flow is off in most locations, and all 

 surplus honey should be removed and put on the market. In locations where 



