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VOL. XV. FLINT, MICHIGAN, APR. 10, 1902. NO. 4. 



MISUSE OF VITALITY. 



BY M. A. GILL. 



What to do and What not to do in Bringing the Bees 

 Through the Spring in Fine Condition. 



There is no greater wisdom than well to time 



MOW that the supplies for the season 

 are prepared, and March is here, the 

 bees will commence breeding, and now 

 is the time to make a critical examination 

 of every colony. 



WHAT TO DO WITH FOII, BROODY COLO- 

 NIES IN THK SPRING. 



Any strong colony in the incipient 

 stage of foul brood can be snugged up 

 and carried along until the honey flow, 

 when it can be driven into a clean empty 

 hive and saved. Any colony with foul 

 brood, where there is any prospect of its 

 breaking down and being robbed out be- 

 fore the honey flow, should be driven out 

 and starved for thirty liours, then allowed 

 to fill up with either sugar syrup or 

 healthy honey and driven in with 

 a queenless colony. It doesn't pay to fuss 



the beginnings and onsets of things — bacon. 



with queenless colonies at this season of 

 the year. 



NUMEROUS LITTLE ATTENTIONS THAT 

 AMOUNT TO MUCH. 



While making the above mentioned 

 examination, be sure that all colonies 

 have a queen and plenty of stores. See 

 that all covers are tight and snug. En- 

 trances for this month should be con- 

 tracted to half size. See that each apiary 

 has easy access to water, and that the 

 bees are not compelled to fly over long 

 and wind-swept distances for water. 



ADVANTAGES OF CONSERVING THE 



STRENGTH OF COLONIES IN 



EARLY SPRING. 



Do no stimulative feeding this month; 



but, instead, conserve the strength of 



both bees and queens until later. Did 



