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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Jul 



bees are taken out of the cellar al)Out 

 ten days after we think it is time to 

 take them out. With clean bottom- 

 boards and closed entrances, .so that 

 about two bees can i)ass out at a 

 time, they are corked uj) a^^ warm and 

 snu.u' as iiossible. 



I do not do as much bulldin.u up By 

 feeding in the spring as I used to. It 

 is a .slippery piece of business vrith 

 an out-apiary. But little more i»s done 

 until fruit l)loom. 



To successfully rim an out-apiary 

 for comb honey, you must cut comers 

 at every turn and make as few trips 

 a-s possible. 



Or where the brick is placed. I c 

 step out in the yard and in a mom 

 can tell thO'se hives that need at 

 tion to^-day, to-morrow, .oi" the 

 after, without going over the ^ 

 yard. Each colony is examined a 

 once a ^veek. or as the season req 

 Then all the bricks are re-adjust 

 to the colonies' condition. 



At the time of removing supers^ 

 u,se tlie bee escape under supers, tb 

 they are removed to the honey cabin 

 Here they are totally freed from be 

 then they are taken to tlie ho; 

 a])iary before the sections are remo'? 

 from the supers. 



REINFORCED 



Supers with sections witli full sheets 

 of foundation; Hives fille<l witli 

 frames of worker cond) or foundation 

 wired: in fact, ever.vthing that can be 

 done, must be done in the, winter at 

 home, .so as to' be read.v for the harvest 

 if it comes. I have almost all natural 

 swarming. I make about sixty trij^s 

 during a year. 



An out-yard of 12") colonies. s]iring 

 count, recniires about eighty' days' 

 labor of ten hour-s each. With an aver- 

 age season that includes everything 

 in relation tO; it. 



The condition of the ooionies is re- 

 corded by a half l)rick ou each hive. 

 The condition is known b.y the lioica tion, 



WITH BROOD. 



One more thing that must not be 

 gotten and that is the consideratioi 

 compens»-ition for the use of theprei 

 es tliat are used. Whatever the < 

 sideration may l)e, let it be a ca-sh ( 

 e^ery time. Meet the laudlord n 

 than half way. After you have ] 

 him cash in full for all indebtednj 

 give him a liberal suppl.v of honey J ] 

 the free favors you have received f 



riie ride that works well at 

 home yard will succeed at an 

 apiarv. Keep as close tO' nature 

 possible. The form of a cube is 

 for a brood nest. The one that I M 

 for comb honey is 12 by 13 and l£ 

 dies deep. 



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