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the honey from this source will be an 

 unknown quantity in a few years. 



When there is snow about the hives, 

 do -not disturb it until the weather is 

 warm enough to thaw it, then just go for 

 it and remove it as far away as you 

 please. Working around bees in cold 

 weather is a bad practice, especially if 

 these is snow near the hives, for bees, 

 when disturbed, will come out more or 

 less, and one that alights on the snow 

 seldom ever returns to the hive, if the 

 weather is any way chilly. Snow is no 

 detriment to bee-hives if the weather is 

 cold. Do not mind it, if they are covered 

 clear up, it will not hurt them any, but 

 look out when old Sol comes out, and 

 begins to warm up things. 



Plattsmouth, Nebr. 



Good Counsel for Beanners, 



REV. S. ROESE. 



Never be discouraged, although your 

 expectations have not been realized, nor 

 your labor repaid in dollars and cents, 

 for the happy moments you have spent 

 with your pets amply paid you, and 

 should balance all accounts. 



Watch carefully each hive in your 

 apiary, notice the doings of each colony 

 of bees, and have a full understanding of 

 their wants and needs, at all seasons of 

 the year, and you will seldom have to 

 mourn over heavy losses and bad luck. 



Never kill one bee, unless it is a 

 necessity, and do not think it too much 

 trouble to pick up a chilled bee from the 

 ground or floor, to restore it to life 

 again, for by so doing you may save a 

 swarm from Spring dwindling, for one 

 bee, to a colony, is like one cent to a 

 dollar. 



To avoid bee-stings, proceed quietly 

 and with care, while working among 

 your bees ; do your work with dispatch, 

 and have your hive 'closed before the 

 bees become aware that you have been 

 near. 



Never disturb bees while excited, 

 neither before nor during a thunder 

 storm, hot windy days, honey dearth, 

 nor while robber bees are bent on 

 pillage. 



Never work among bees without a 

 smoker, but use it judiciously, and on 

 proper occasions, to keep them under 

 subjection, and prevent their anger, but 

 in case of accidentally upsetting a hive, 



the spraying of the bees with cold water 

 will have the effect of quieting them. 



When working among them for any 

 length of time, do not think it too much 

 trouble to protect your head and face 

 with a bee-veil. 



On removing frames from the hives, 

 work them loose first with a small chisel 

 or pocket-knife, also move the adjoining 

 ones slightly, to give ample room, and 

 prevent injury to the combs. 



To remove bees from the combs, a 

 turkey or a goose feather dipped in cold 

 water, to brush them off with, will have 

 a quieting effect ; or shake them in front 

 of the hive, when they will readily enter 

 without molesting you. 



Keep things in order in the aipary. 

 Have your tools, empty hives, sections, 

 crates, etc., in their respective places, 

 ready for use in case of need. 



In marketing honey, be honest, give 

 full weight, offer your pi'oduct for only 

 such as it is^ and never lower the price 

 with intent to undersell a fellow bee- 

 keeper. Let your goods recommend 

 you, and your honor introduce you, as a 

 true representative of the class called 

 apiculturists. 



Maiden Rock, Wis. 



Points Aliont Locallni an Aniary. 



WALTER S. POUDEE. 



I'n locating an apiary, it will be well 

 to remember that hives should never be 

 placed against houses or old fences ; al- 

 ways leave plenty of room around the 

 hive to stand while working with the 

 bees and bear in mind that the intense 

 heat from the vSouth side of a building is 

 liable to give the bees the swarming 

 fever. 



They should never be placed where 

 horses or cattle constantly pass; for at 

 times, when honey is scarce, the dis- 

 agreeable odor provokes an attack, and 

 if permitted in the inclosure, the stock 

 are in great danger of their lives, should 

 they overturn a hive in grazing or rub- 

 bing against it. No grass or weeds 

 should be allowed to grow within two 

 feet of the entrance of any hive. Much 

 time is lost by bees falling in the grass; 

 they may become chilled by the rain or 

 dew in cool weather, or fall victims to 

 toads or spiders; and returning queens 

 are liable to fall in the grass and become 

 ]ost.—'IruHana Farmer. 



