1906 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 195 



Spring Management 



of the right kind lays the foundation for a crop of snap that may follow, thus greatly increasing the num- 



honey. and ADVANCED BEE CULTURE covers that ber of workers that will be ready when harvest comes, 



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then how to protect them thoroughly at the small cost in the book that are equally helpful, 



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This protection not only enables the bees to rear . _ . i^UAi.- pi*^ km ■ i_ 



more brood, but saves it from destruction in any cold VV. Z> HUtCninSOn| Flinty IvIlCna 



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