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month, also the other honey flow we have. Think this article may 

 give you a few glimpses, but I want those who are thinking of mov- 

 ing to the land of sunshine and flowers, to think more about the 

 swarming, to see and know what you are buying before you settle 

 in the south. You can get good land cheap and make a living and 

 more easy, if you get the right place and use a little elbow grease. 



BEGINNERS DEPAR TMENT 



[Vhat To 'Do Each Month 



This Department will be a perj)ianeiit feature for the year 1913. IVhelher 

 it is continued after that, or not, will depend upon how it is received by the 

 subscribers. This paper is being published for your interest, and it is our 

 desire to give you wliat you want. If this Department is not wanted it ivill 

 not be continued. 



JULY— The Arkansas Valley. 

 C. Stimson^ Holly, Color.\do. 



In July it is important to keep the bees well supplied with stor- 

 age room. Bees, like the human family, are contented when kept at 

 work. It does not matter how much of their product is taken from 

 them, for they must have plenty of house room to store their surplus 

 products in. 



To keep big swarms together and at work, ventilation must be 

 attended to. When the bees begin to hang-out, make a bee-space 

 between the upper and lower story by inserting a lath at one end. 

 Keep the honey extracted as fast as it is finished and thoroughly 

 cured. If the bees hang out when they have plenty of ventilation, 

 give another set of empty combs. Get the honey all off by the end 

 of the month if possible, except three new combs in the second story. 

 All excluders should be removed at this time. After August 1, the 

 flow is apt to be intermittent, and the honey mixed with wild-flow- 

 ers. This is left on in the second story, and usually furnishes ample 

 supplies for the colonies to build up on and get strong in time for 

 the alfalfa flow in the spring. 



JULY — Southwestern States. 

 By Henry C. Barron, Hagerman, N. 3.1. 

 Presuming that all increase desired has been made, yet should 

 any have overlooked the matter. It can still be done at the time of 



